THE APPLE. 183 







Fruit medium, roundish conical, slightly ribbed, pale lemon yellow, 

 moderately sprinkled with light and gray dots. Stalk short, slender. 

 Cavity deep. Calyx firmly closed. Basin corrugated. Flesh yellow- 

 ish, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid. Very good. November, 

 December. 



FREEMAN. 



Origin, New Jersey. Tree productive. 



Fruit medium, ovate truncated conical, mottled and splashed with 

 red. Flesh white, often stained next the skin, tender, slightly subacid, 

 nearly sweet. Good to very good. Valued mainly as a late keeper. 



FREEZE AND THAW. 



Of Pennsylvania origin. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conic, light yellow, with shades and 

 splashes of red. Flesh whitish, rather firm, subacid. Poor. Novem- 

 ber to February. 



FREMONT PIPPIN. 



Originated on the farm of James Armitage, Soleberry, Pa. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, ribbed, lemon yellow, slightly shaded 

 with crimson in the sun. Stalk long. Cavity deep. Calyx small, closed. 

 Basin small. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, brisk subacid. Very good. 

 Core medium. January, February. 



FRENCH. 



An old New England variety, origin unknown. 



Fruit medium to large, oblate, slightly conical, yellow, striped and 

 splashed with red. Flesh yellow, crisp, rich acid. Good. November. 



FRENCH BELLFLOWER. 



Bellefleur de France. Double Bellefleur. 



Dobbel Bellefleur. 



A French Apple, described in the Annals of Pomology as : 

 Fruit very large, roundish, slightly conical, yellowish, with carmine 



red cheek in the sun. Flesh yellowish white, half tender, melting, 



sweet, subacid. 



FRENCH CRAB. 



Ronalds describes this as follows : Tree very hardy, somewhat 

 pendent in its growth, and bears well. A long keeper. 



Fruit above medium, globular, green, becoming yellow at maturity. 

 Flesh firm, pleasant, brisk. 



FRENCH NONPAREIL. 



Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, moderately productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, sides unequal, greenish yellow, 

 shaded, splashed, and marbled with red. Flesh whitish, crisp, juicy, 

 pleasant, mild subacid. Good to very good. Core small. October, 

 November 



