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FLEMISH BON CHEETIEN {Bon ChrStien Nouvelle ; Bon 

 Chretien Turc ; Bon Chretien de Vernois). — Fruit, medium sized, 

 obovate. Skin, greenish at first, but changing to yellow as it attains 

 maturity, and thickly strewed with russety dots, which are thickest on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, open, with short segments, set in a small 

 and shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, inserted by the 

 side of a fleshy swelling. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, sweet, and 

 perfumed. 



An excellent stewing pear ; in use from November till March. 



Fleur de Guignes. See Sans Peau. 

 Florence d' Ete. See Summer Bon Chretien. 



FOND ANTE B' AVTOMN'E (Arbre Superbe; Belle Lucrative ; Ber- 

 gamotte Fievee; Beurre d'Albret; Beurre L/ucratif ; Excellentissime ; 

 Oredliere; Lucrate ; Seigneur; Seigneur d'Esperen). — ^Fruit, large, 

 obovate, and handsomely shaped. Skin, lemon-yellow, with tinges of 

 green over the surface, marked with patches of yellowish brown russet. 

 Eye, small and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, long, fleshy at the 

 base, and obliquely inserted without depression. Flesh, white, very 

 tender, fine-grained, and melting, very juicy, sugary, and aromatic. 



A delicious autumn pear ; ripe during September and October. 



Fondante des Bois. See Flemish Beauty. 



FOND ANTE DE BREST {Ineonnue Cheneau; Cassante de Brest; 

 Beaute Hative). — ^Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform. Skin, thin, smooth, 

 and shining, bright green, changing to yellowish green as it ripens on 

 the shaded side, and red mottled dark blood red next the sun, marked 

 with grey dots. Eye, small and open, with slightly incurved segments, 

 and set in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch and a half long, fleshy 

 at the insertion, in a shallow depression. Flesh, white, firm, and crisp, 

 and of a sweet, pleasant, and rose-water flavour. 



A dessert pear, of no merit ; ripe in September. The tree is very 

 vigorous, and an excellent bearer ; succeeds well as a standard either 

 on the pear or quince stock, particularly the latter, as it checks to a 

 great extent its excessive vigour. 



FONDANTE DE CHAENEU {Belle ExceUente ; Beurre des Char- 

 neu£es ; Desiree Van Mons ; Due de Brabant ; De Legipont ; Merveille 

 de Charneu ; Miel de Waterloo).- — Fruit, large, sometimes very large, 

 the ordinary size being two inches and a half wide, and three inches 

 and a half long ; pyriform, uneven in its outline. Skin, smooth, pale 

 greenish yellow, with a faint tinge of red on the side next the sun, and 

 thickly strewed with large russet dots. Eye, large and open, with 

 erect, acute segments, set in a shallow uneven basin. Stalk, upwards 

 of an inch long, slender, curved, and inserted without depression by 



