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FoNDANTE DE Malines. Color, pale yellowish lemon ; 

 form, round, obovate; size, 2 ; use, table; texture, juicy ; 

 quality, 2; season, September. 



Eemarks. — ^Plesh white, buttery^ melting; a little gfan- 

 ulous near the core. Tree vigorous. Mod. productive. 



FoNDANTE DE Charneuse, Or Beurre de Waterloo. Color, 

 dull yellowish green ; form, obtuse pyriform, irregular ; 

 size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, melting, juicy, saccharine. 



Remarks. — New. Described in Horticulhtrist. 



Forme de Dcliccs. Unworthy of notice here. 



FoEELLE, or Trout. Color, green, striped yellow, and 

 red ; form, pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, melting, 

 juicy, vinous ; season, Sej^tember to January. - 



Eemarks. — Pretty, but not superior. Deserves some 

 attention. Warm soil, and exposure. 



FORTUNEE, or Episcopal, etc. Color, grayish yellow; 

 form, roundish, size, 3 ; use, table ; texture, rich, melting, 

 juicy, tender ; quality, 2 ; season, October. 



Remarks. — " Yery fine and good." — Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition, 1855. We do not know how Elliott placed this 

 among the unworthy. It must have been from some 

 unfortunate specimen he had. Such things will happen 

 sometimes, even among the most careful and skillful. 



Fredbrika Bremer. Form, round, obovate ; size, 1 ; 

 use, table ; texture, brittle ; quality, 2 ; season, September 

 and October. 



Remarks. — Flesh, white, free from grit, melting, fine, 

 buttery, sugary, slightly acid. Described by J. U. Hast- 

 ings, m Horticidturist. "A good pear." — Fruit Com. Gin. 

 Sort. Society, Hort. FkMhition, 1855. Tree vigorous. 



