DCHP-1 Online
fameuse [< Cdn F < F "famous"] 
1 n. a juicy fall apple having crisp, white flesh and red skin when ripe.
See also: snow apple
- 1814 For Sale . . . at the Mariner Store, Lower Town--20 Bbls. Montreal Apples, Grisse, Bourassa and Fameaus, of superior quality and in prime order.
- 1888 Canada has the finest table apple in the world, and it is not generally known that the Island of Montreal, and, notably, the Royal Mountain behind it, yields the best of these--the Fameuses--giving rise to the theory that there is the original habitat of this great fruit.
- 1923 And to few of us is it given . . . to get a whiff of a fragrant Russet or Fameuse without being taken back to the days of "hoards" in queer, unfrequented places.
- 1965 The fameuse, the grise . . . the bourassa . . . [were apples] which could not be found anywhere as perfect as here [Montreal].
2 n. the tree this apple grows on.
- 1806 The said ground being planted with fruit trees . . . of the best quality being chiefly, bourassa, gris and fameux.
- 1883 It has been proved that apple trees do thrive in this country, and there is ground to believe that the celebrated "Fameuse" of Quebec could be produced.
- 1814 For Sale . . . at the Mariner Store, Lower Town--20 Bbls. Montreal Apples, Grisse, Bourassa and Fameaus, of superior quality and in prime order.