766 DESCRIPTIVE LIST AND INDEX OF FRUITS. 



ish, rough, brownish-yellow ; 

 melting, sweet, perfumed, ex- 

 cellent. 



Excellentissima. See Due de 

 Brabant. 



Eyewood. Medium, oblate, dull 

 yellow with some russet; but- 

 tery, good. English. 



Feaster. See Bleeker's Meadow. 



Ferdinand de Meester. See 

 Rousselet de Meester. 



Figue, p. 519. 



Figue d'Alenjon, p. 519. 



Figue de Naples, p. 528. 



Fine Gold of Summer. Small, 

 roundish, yellow with a red 

 cheek; juicy, good, not rich. 

 August. 



Fin Or d'Hiver. See Franc Real 

 d'Hiver. 



Fitzwater. Medium, yellow, 

 red cheek; flesh juicy, melting. 

 ■December. 



Flemish Beauty, p. 529. 



Fleur de Neige. (Snow Flower.) 

 Rather large, conic pyriform, 

 yellowish-green; granular; 

 sweet, high-flavored. Octo- 

 ber. Belgian. 



Florimond Parent. Very large, 

 pyramidal pyriform, tapering 

 to crown, green becoming deep 

 yellow; coarse; melting, rich, 

 perfumed. September. Bel- 

 gian. 



Fondante Agr^able. Medium, 

 roundish-obovate, yellowish- 

 green; juicy, melting, refresh- 

 ing. August. 



Fondante d'Automne. See 

 Belle Lucrative. 



Fondante de Malines, p. 529. 



Fondante de Noel, p. 538. 



Fondante des Charneuse. See 

 Due de Brabant. 



Fondante des Pres. Medium, 

 obovate pyriform, yellow; 

 melting, juicy, sweet, aromatic. 

 October. Belgian. 



Fondante du Comice. Large 

 pyramidal (small specimens 

 obovate), yellow; buttery, 

 juicy, rich, vinous. October, 

 November. French. 



Fondante Van Mons. Rather 

 sipall, roundish, pale yellow; 

 juicy, melting, sweet, agreea- 

 ble. November. 



Fontenay. See Beurrd Oris 

 d'Hiver. 



Fontenay Jalousie. See Jalousie 

 de Fontenay Vendue. 



Foote's Seckel. Small, obovate, 

 yellow and brownish-red, and 

 russet; juicy, melting, vinous; 

 very good. September. Mass. 



Forelle, p. 519. 



Forme de Delices. Medium, 

 obovate, yellowish, rough ; 

 buttery, rather dry, sweet. 

 October. Flemish. 



Fortunfe. Rather small, round- 

 ish, russeted; juicy, sprightly 

 — cooking. Winter. 



Foster's St. Michael. Medium, 

 roundish-ovate, yellow; 

 coarse ; astringent. September. 



Fougifere. Medium, obovate, 

 greenish-yellow; granular, 

 sweet; good. October. 



Franc Real d'Et^. See Summer 

 Franc Real. 



Franc Real d'Hiver. Medium, 

 roundish, yellow and brown; 

 crisp — cooking. Winter. 



Frankford. See Bleeker's Mea- 

 dow. 



