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small; skin golden-yellow, obscurely splashed with green and tinged with red; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, sweet, slightly vinous; very good; stone slightly adherent; mid-season. 

 Forest Rose Improved. Hortulana mineri. i. Ohio Sta. Bui. 113:154. 1899. 



An improved strain of Forest Rose somewhat larger than the original. 

 Forewattamie. Hortulana mineri X Munsoniana. i. Vt. Sta. Bui. 67:11. 1898. 

 2. Kerr Cat. 1900. 



A cross between Forest Garden and Pottawattamie grown by Theodore Williams, 

 Benson, Nebraska. J. W. Kerr, after testing it, states that it disclosed no special 

 merits; fruit below medium, oval, dull red; flesh watery; poor. 



Formosa. Triflora X ? i. Fancher Creek Nur. Cat. 7. 1907-8. 2. Fancher Creek 

 Nur. Cat., Burbank's Late Introductions, fig. 1909. 



Wickson Challenge i. 



Grown by Luther Burbank, who states that it is of mixed parentage, including 

 probably from fifteen to eighteen varieties. Tree very vigorous and productive; fruit 

 large, oval to slightly cordate; suture very prominent; cavity medium; rich yellow 

 with light bloom turning to clear red at maturity; flesh pale yellow, firm, sweet, rich, 

 apricot flavor; good; stone semi-clinging; mid-season. 



Forward Damask. Domestica. Mentioned in Quintinye Com. Card. 70. 1699. 

 Frankfort Peach. Domestica. 1. Koch Deut. Obst. 572. 1876. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 3rd App. 180. 1881. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 430. 1889. 



Francfort Peach 3. Frankfurter Pfirschen Zwetsche 3. Kuchen Pflaume 3. 

 Quetsche de Francfort 3. Quetsche-Peche de Franc jort 3. 



Tree spreading, productive; fruit of medium size, oval, compressed; suture shallow; 

 cavity small; black; bloom thick; flesh yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, good; stone oval, 

 thin, free; mid-season. 



Franklin. Triflora X ? i. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:223. 1899. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 210, 211 fig. 1901. 



Originated with A. L. Bruce, Texas, from Abundance crossed with an unknown 

 Variety. Fruit of medium size, oblate; suture a line; bright crimson over yellow; 

 dots numerous; bloom thin; flesh yellow; good; clingstone. 



Fraser. Domestica. i. Am.. Card. 22:606. 1901. 2. Card. Chron. 30:120. 1901. 

 Fraser's Early Yellow i. 



Raised in the nursery of John Fraser, Woodford, England, about 1895. Tree 

 small; fruit very small, oval; skin bright yellow; flesh soft; flavor poor; freestone; 

 valuable because of its earliness. 

 Freeman. Munsoniana. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 216. 1893. 2. Wis. Sta. Bui. S'j'.i^. 1901. 



Freeman's Favorite i. 



Originated in 1885 with H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, from seed of Wild Goose. 

 Tree vigorous, fairly productive ; fruit above medium, roundish-oblong ; suture distinct ; 

 bright crimson, numerous dots on the lower half; flesh very tender, sprightly; good; 

 clingstone ; early. 

 Freestone. Species? i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 424. 1905. 



An inferior native variety; fruit small; clingstone; mid-season. 



