84 iBRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



prominence, in a wide and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, 

 rich, sugary, and highly perfumed with the flavor of anise or fennel 



An excellent dessert apple ; in use from November to January. 



The tree is a small grower, but an abundant bearer, and requires a 

 warm and rich soil to have the fruit in perfection. 



124. FILL-BASKET.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and the same in 

 height ; conical, round at the base, flattened at the apex, and distinctly 

 angular on the sides. Skin, pale dull greenish-yellow on the shaded 

 side, and streaked with broken patches and pencilings of pale red, 

 where exposed to the sun, the whole covered with russety dots. Eye, 

 closed, as if drawn together or puckered, placed level with the flat crown, 

 and with a small knob or wart at the base of each segment. Stalk, three 

 quarters of an inch long, thickest at the insertion, and placed in a small, 

 round, and shallow cavity, which is surrounded with dark brown russet. 

 Flesh, greenish- white, tender, juicy, and acid, with a brisk and pleasant 

 flavor. 



An excellent culinary apple, extensively grown in the neighbourhood 

 of Lancaster, where it is highly esteemed ; it is in use from October to 

 January. 



This, which may be called the Lancashire Fill-basket, is very different 

 from the Kentish variety of that name. 



125. FLANDERS PIPPIN.— H. 



Fruit, medium sized, three inches wide, and two and a quarter high ; 

 oblate, and marked on the sides with ten distinct angles, five of which 

 are more prominent than the others. Skin, pale green, changing to pale 

 greenish-yellow as it ripens, and occasionally tinged with a cloud of thin 

 dull red on the side exposed to the sun, and thinly strewed with a few 

 dots. Eye, closed, with long and downy segments, set in a narrow and 

 ribbed basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to an inch in length, slender, 

 and inserted in a deep funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with russet. 

 Flesh, white, tender, and marrowy, juicy, and briskly flavored. 



A culinary apple of second-rate quality ; in use during October and 

 November. 



It is much grown in the Berkshire orchards. 



126. FLOWER OF KENT.— Park. 



InKNTincATiON. — Park. Par. 587. Eaii Hist. ii. 1448. Fors. Treat. 101. Lind 

 Guide, 14. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 254. Down. Ft. Amer. 83. Kog. Fr. 

 Cult. 37. 



FiGUKE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xv. f. 2. 



Fruit,_ large ; roundish, and considerably flattened, with obtuse angles 

 on the sides, which extend into the basin of the eye, where they form 

 prominent knobs on the apex. Skin, greenish-yellow, thickly strewed 

 with green dots on the shaded side ; but next the sun, dull red marked 



