Francis. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866.
A seedling raised by Dr. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which fruited in 1862. Fruit medium, turbinate; skin tough and rather liable to crack, dark green; flesh fine-grained, white and delicate, with a flavor inclining to that of White Doyenné; first; Nov.
Francis Dana. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 80. 1877.
One of several seedling plants given by Francis Dana to Eliphalet Stone who in 1877 showed its fruit. Fruit medium, globular-acute-pyriform, clear lemon-yellow, with tracings of thin russet; flesh buttery, juicy, good quality but not up to best; Sept.
François Hutin. 1. Guide Prat. 92. 1895.
Fruit very large, long-turbinate, dark yellow; flesh fine, white, melting, juicy, sugary, acid; Oct.
Frangipane d’Hiver. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:105, fig. 533. 1881.
Origin unknown. Is not to be confused with Franchipanne, a smaller ball pear. Fruit large, turbinate, much swelled at center; skin thin, intense green, sprinkled with numerous dots of a darker shade, changing to lemon-yellow at maturity, with some blush of brown-red or orange-red; flesh white, breaking, not very sweet, somewhat acidulous, with an aromatic flavor; suitable for kitchen use; all through the winter.
Frankenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:173. 1856.