Received for trial in Michigan in 1900 from Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo. Fruit large, roundish-oval, tapering at both ends, yellow, with dark brown dots; flesh greenish, firm, juicy, half-breaking, granular, mild, almost sweet, perfumed; fair; Dec. and Jan.
Fluke. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 174. 1909. 2. Ibid. 289. 1910.
Disseminated by N. K. Fluke. Reported as hardy, blight-resistant and better than Kieffer.
Fondante Agréable. 1. Horticulturist 4:83. 1854. 2. Guide Prat. 94. 1876.
Belgian; described as new in 1854 by M. P. Wilder. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, dull yellowish-green slightly russeted; flesh tender, juicy and melting, pleasant, refreshing, with a delicate aroma; very good; Aug.
Fondante Albert. 1. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 81, fig. 137. 1866-73. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 762. 1869.
Obtained by Albert Boucqueau, Belgium. It was propagated in France in 1853. Fruit medium, globular-conic, depressed at the poles, green turning to yellow, with large dots and markings of fawn, flesh white; semi-fine, breaking, granular about the center; juice deficient, but delicate, vinous and aromatic; second; Sept.
Fondante d’Angers. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:79, fig. 520. 1881.
Origin unknown, probably French. Fruit medium or rather large, turbinate; skin fine yet a little firm, clear green, dotted with greenish-gray, passing to yellow at maturity; flesh white, fine, entirely melting; juice abundant and sugary, vinous, acidulous; first; Oct.
Fondante de Bihorel. 1. Rev. Hort. 547. 1888.