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the fruit with fleshy folds. Flesh, close-grained, tender and melting, 

 very juicy, sweet, richly flavoured, and with a fine aroma. 



A fruit of varying merit ; ripe in the middle and end of November. 

 III. 1864 I found some specimens coarse-grained, which rotted without 

 melting ; but others to possess the description given above. 



Figue d'Hiver. See Figue d'Almqon. 

 Figue Musquee. See Windsor. 



FIGrUE DE NAPLES {Comtesse de Frenol; Vigne de Pelone). — 

 Fruit, above medium size ; oblong. Skin, greenish yellow, entirely 

 covered with thin delicate russet, and dark reddish brown on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, open, with very short segments, set in a wide, 

 shallow basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted without 

 depression, frequently with a fleshy lip at the base. Flesh, greenish 

 vfhite, buttery, and melting, with a rich sugary flavour. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November. The tree is hardy and 

 vigorous, and bears abundantly as a standard. 



M. A. Leroy makes a mistake ia giving this as a synonyme of Figue d'Alenjon. 



Fingal's. See Hampden's Bergamot. 

 Fin Or d'Ete. See Summer Franc Real. 

 Fin Or d'Hiver. See Winter Franc Real. 



FIN OE DE SEPTEMBEE. — Fruit, large; pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, bright green, becoming yellowish on the shaded side, and 

 bright dark red next the sun, and covered with numerous brown dots. 

 Eye, open, set in a rather deep and irregular basin. Stalk, an inch 

 and a half long. Flesh, white, tender, and melting, with a flavour 

 not unlike the Jargonelle. 



A dessert pear ; ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 

 Succeeds well as a standard, either on the pear or quince. 



FLEMISH BEAUTY {Belle des Flandres ; Belle des Bois ; Beurre 

 des Bois ; Beurre de Bourgogne ; Beurre Davy ; Beurre Davis ; Beurre 

 d' Effingham; Beurre d'Elberg; Beurre Foidard; Beurre St. Amour; 

 Beurre Spence ; Bosch Peer; Mouille Bouche Nourelle ; Brilliante; 

 Fondante des Bois ; Gagnee d Heuze ; Imperatrice des Bois). — Fruit, 

 large and obovate. Skin, pale yellow, almost entirely covered with 

 yellowish brown russet on the shaded side, and reddish brown on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, open, set in a small shallow basin. Stalk, 

 an inch long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 buttery and melting, rich and sugary. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in September. 



To have this excellent pear in perfection it should be gathered before 

 it is thoroughly ripe, otherwise it is very inferior in quality. 



This was discovered by Van Mong in the village of Deftingc, in Flanders, in 

 1810, and he brought it into notice by distributing grafts among his friends. 



