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Fkederick de Wuktemburg. Color, dull yellow • 

 fol-m, angular pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, white, 

 juicy, melting; quality, 2; season, August and September. 



EeIiarks. — Tree early and productive. Decays at core. 

 Sometimes very large and handsome, but uncertain. A 

 less vigorous tree than desirable. 



Franc Real d'Hiver. 



J?EMAiiKS. — Poor, undeserving attention. Cooking only. 



Frangipane. Color, yellow ; form, long ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, melting ; quality, 2 ; season, September. 

 Eemarks. — Perfumed. 



PULTON. Color, reddish, or dark cinnamon russet; 

 form, flatt'ened round ; size, 2 to 3 ; use, table ; texture, 

 buttery ; quality, 1 ; season, September and Octobei-. 



Remarks. — From Maine. Yery fine. Tree very hardy, 

 and abundant bearer. Well suited for standard orchard- 

 ing in the West. 



G-ansel's Bergamot. Color, yellow, with brownish 

 russet ; form, roundish obovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; tex- 

 ture, crisp, sugary; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Requires a warm, rich soil. Does not suc- 

 ceed well on quince. Fruit a little gritty at core, but of 

 extraordinary high flavor. Does not grow so large here 

 as in England, owing probably, to a too warm climate, 

 and is therefore, never equal to its English or foreign 

 reputation. Tree not very vigorous here. 



Gendesheim. Remarks. — Undeserving attention. 



Gideon Paridant. Color, yellowish gray, b;rown in the 

 sun ; form, obtuse, pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, 



