550 THE PBUIT MANUAL. 



Fair's Golden Drop. See Coe's Golden Drop. 

 Fellemberg. See Italian Prune. 

 Florence. See Eed Magnum Bonwm. 

 Flushing Gage. See Prince's Imperial. 

 Fonthill. See Pond's Seedling. 

 Fotheringay. See Fotheringham. 



FOTHERINGHAM {Fotheringay; Grove House Purph ; Bed 

 Fotheringham; Sheen). — Fruit, medium sized-; obovate, with a well- 

 defined suture, which is higher on one side than the other. Skin, deep 

 reddish purple on the side next the sun, and bright red where shaded, 

 covered with thin blue bloom. Stalk, an inch long, not deeply inserted. 

 Flesh, pale greenish yellow, not juicy, sugary, with a pleasant sub-acid 

 flavour, and separating from the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe the middle of August. The young 

 shoots are smooth. The tree is hardy and vigorous, and an excellent 

 bearer ; succeeds well against a wall or as an espalier, and should be 

 grown as a dwarf rather than as a standard, as the fruit is very apt to 

 fall. 



This is a very old variety, and is doubtless of English origin, as it has not been 

 identified with any of the Continental varieties. It was cultivated by Sir William 

 Temple, at Sheen, and according to Switzer was by him named the Sheen Plum ; 

 but its origin is of a much earlier date, as it is mentioned by Rea as early as 

 1665. 



Franklin. See Washington. 



Friar's. See Cheston. 



Frost Gage. See Frost Plum. 



FROST PLUM {American Damson; Frost Gage). — Fruit, small; 

 oval, and marked with a distinct suture. Skin, deep purple, strewed 

 with russet dots, and covered with a thin bloom. Stalk, about three- 

 quarters of an inch long. Flesh, greenish yellow, juicy, sweet, and 

 rather richly flavoured, adhering to the stone. 



An excellent little plum ; ripe in October. The tree is a great bearer. 

 Shoots, smooth. 



GENERAL HAND.— Fruit, very large ; roundish-oval, marked with 

 a slight suture. Skin, deep golden yellow, marbled with greenish 

 yellow. Stalk, long, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, pale yellow, 

 coarse, not very juicy, sweet, of a good flavour, and separating from 

 the stone. 



A preserving plum ; ripe in the beginning and middle of September. 

 Shoots, smooth. 



German Gage. See Bleeker's Yelloiv. 

 German Prune. See Quetsche. 

 German Quetsche. See Quetsche. 



