390 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Fremion. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:73. 1856. 
French, 1807. Bergamot type. Fruit small, globular, symmetrical, light green 
changing to light lemon-yellow, faintly blushed; flesh agreeable, buttery, gritty near the 
center, aromatic, sweet, acidulous; good; Oct. : 
Frensdorff rothe Flaschenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856. 
Nassau, Bel., 1833. Fruit medium, smooth and shining, light yellow, blushed; flesh 
very juicy, sweet, with flavor of cinnamon; good; Sept. 
Florimond Parent. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom, 2:164, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
762. 1869. 
A seedling of Van Mons raised about 1846. Fruit large, long, more or less obtuse, 
always contracted near the summit and much swelled in its lower part, dark yellow clouded 
with pale green, dotted and mottled with fawn and slightly washed with dark violet-red 
on the side exposed to the sun, sometimes also covered with small, black and scaly stains; 
flesh whitish, coarse, rather melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sweet, sugary, wanting 
in perfume; third; Sept. 
Friihe Backhausbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:161. 1856. 
Nassau, Bel., 1806. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, yellowish, light green changing 
to pale yellow, often blushed; flesh granular, rather astringent, sourish, musky, good for 
any situation; Aug. and Sept. 
Friihe Schweizer Bergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:76. 1856. 2. Ober- 
dieck Obst-Sort. 241. 1881. 
Holland, 1804. Fruit fairly large, variable in form, often ovate, ventriculous-turbi- 
nate, and often pyriform, yellowish-light green changing to lemon-yellow, sprinkled with 
green and yellow-gray dots, marked with russet and often with fine yellow-gray russet on 
the side exposed to the sun; flesh snow-white, buttery, melting, very juicy, acidulous and 
aromatic; first; Aug. 
Fuller. 1. Gard. Mon. 302. 1885. 2. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 213. 1897. 
Originated in Madison, O., about 1885. Fruit similar in size, form and season to 
Beurré Giffard but not quite so good. If is, however, claimed that it is a better grower 
and less liable to crack; greenish-yellow; Aug. 
Fullero. 1. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpi. 82. 1886. 
Fruit rather large, greenish, with some dull red on the sunny side; first; early summer. 
Fulton. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:214. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 768, fig. 169. 
Originated on the farm of a Mr. Fulton in Brunswick, Me. Exhibited before the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1829. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, dark 
yellow, russeted; flesh, if picked and matured in the house, buttery, melting, full of rich 
juice. If allowed to remain on the tree it becomes breaking, dry and without flavor. A 
peculiarity of this pear first discovered by Manning in 1840 is that the fruits after they have 
attained half their size, are in good eating condition after lying a day or two; second; 
Oct. ; 
Fusée d’Automne. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 22203, figs. 18609. 
Origin ancient and obscure, but probably the neighborhood of Eisleben, Saxony. 
Fruit often above medium and often much less, very long, conic, bossed, golden-yellow or 
