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A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from January to April. 

 The tree is a strong, vigorous, and upright grower, very hardy, and 

 an abundant bearer. 

 This variety originated at Farleigh, in Kent. 



FEAEN'S PIPPIN {Ferris' Pippin; Clifton Nonesuch). — ^Fruit, 

 medium size ; roundish, and flattened at both ends. Skin, pale green- 

 ish yellow, streaked with dull red on the shaded side, and bright 

 dark crimson, strewed with grey dots and small patches of russet, on 

 the side next the sun, and extending almost over the wiole surface. 

 Eye, large, partially open, with broad oonnivent segments, which axe 

 reflexed at the tips, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, a 

 quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary, and pleasantly flavoured. 



An excellent apple, either for the dessert or culinary purposes ; it is 

 in use from November to February. 



The tree is very hardy and a great bearer. It is grown very exten- 

 sively by the London market gardeners for the supply of Covent 

 Garden Market. 



FEDEEAL PEAEMAIN. — Fruit, above medium size, roundish and 

 somewhat flattened, with obtuse angles on the sides, extending to 

 the apex, where they form undulating ridges. Skin, yellowish, with a 

 little red, and a few dark red streaks on the side next the sun, 

 russety. Eye, deeply set in a ribbed basin. Stalk, half an inch long. 

 Flesh, fine, delicate, very juicy, and with a rich vinous flavour. 



A first-rate dessert apple ; in use from December to March. 



Ferris' Pippin. See Fearn's Pippin. 



FILLBASKET. — 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 duU greenish 

 yellow on the shaded side, and streaked with broken patches and pen- 

 cillings 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, threa 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 flavour. 



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 Fillbasket, is very different from the 

 Kentish variety of that name. 



FIEST AND LAST.— Fruit, medium sized ; ovate, tapering ab- 

 ruptly from the middle to either end, snouted towards the apex, which 

 is narrow. Skin, with a patch of deep crimson on the side next the 



