_Synonyms_: Fameuse and Snow Chimney.
A very celebrated Canada fruit (probably an old French variety), which
has its name from the snow-white color of its flesh, or, as some say,
from the village from whence it was first taken to England. It is an
excellent, productive, autumn apple, and is especially valuable in
northern latitudes. Tree moderately vigorous, round-headed, hardy. Young
shoots reddish brown. Fruit of medium size, roundish, somewhat
flattened. Skin with a ground of pale, greenish yellow, mixed with faint
streaks of pale red on the shady side, but marked with blotches and
short stripes of darker red, and becoming a fine, deep red in the sun.
Stalk quite slender, half an inch long, planted in a narrow,
funnel-shaped cavity. Calyx small, and set in a shallow, rather narrow
basin. Flesh remarkably white, very tender, juicy, and with a slight
perfume. Very good. Ripe in October and November. A regular bearer and a
handsome dessert fruit. There is a variety under the name Striped
Fameuse, claimed to be distinct, the fruit being more striped and less
highly colored.