This French heirloom dates from 1830. Felix had it in his catalog in 1877. The conical fruits are medium to large, with bright yellowish green skin and the greenish white flesh is firm and rather course with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavor. This variety ripens in summer, August to September. Fruits with the best flavor are eaten soon after picking. Does not store long. A preferred variety for dessert and early season juice and cider.

The feral, as yet unpruned, mother tree grows near Rock Creek outside Nevada City, Nevada County @2500’, on a large 1800’s homestead being renovated by a young farmer, about 3 miles from Gillet’s Barren Hill Nursery. Nevada City was a bustling place in the late 1800’s, the Queen of the Northern Mines, with much agriculture to feed the miners. We have found many Felix trees in this community, likely due to nearly 100 years of continuous nursery operation. Felix grew many of the trees and vines still thriving in and around Nevada City.