Fameuse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fameuse
1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous
Example Sentences
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Vermonters call it "oldfashioned" because it has so many varieties�high-flavored Spitzenburg, hardy Wealthies, late-ripening Fameuse, good-cooking Greenings, fine-for-cider Russets, as well as English Pippins and an Australian species.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Fameuse is not well liked in the South, but popular in the North, etc.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
He said it was a Fameuse and she declared it was a Yellow Transparent.
From The Story Girl by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
A comparative lesson may also be based on selected varieties of autumn apples, such as Fameuse, McIntosh Red, Wealthy, Gravenstein, and St. Lawrence.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
There is a variety under the name Striped Fameuse, claimed to be distinct, the fruit being more striped and less highly colored.
From The Apple by Various
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