Feast. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869.
Originated with Samuel Feast, Baltimore, Md., from seed of Seckel. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with brown dots; flesh whitish, juicy, sweet; good; Sept.
Félix de Liem. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:151, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869.
A posthumous variety from the seedlings of Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, 1853. Fruit below medium, turbinate, generally obtuse, greenish-yellow, very much mottled with dirty or dusky brown, much speckled bronze-russet on side next the sun and some traces of crimson streaks; flesh yellowish, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, slightly perfumed; second; early Nov.
Félix Sahut. 1. Rev. Hort. 151. 1902. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
From Passe Colmar crossed with Bartlett by Arsène Sannier; new in 1902. Fruit similar in appearance to Passe Colmar; flesh fine, juicy, melting, sugary, with a very agreeable perfume; very good; Nov. to Jan.
Ferdinand Gaillard. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895.
Fruit large or very large; skin smooth, brilliant yellow all over; flesh yellowish-white, fine, tender, very melting, juicy, very sugary; good or very good; Nov. to Jan.
Ferdinand de Lesseps. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:154, fig. 1869.
Raised by André Leroy in 1864. Fruit medium, ovate, not very regular, bright yellow, extensively washed and marbled with brown-russet; flesh white, very fine, melting; juice very abundant, acidulous, very sugary, with an exquisite flavor; first; early Oct.