The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Bishop's Thumb

Fruit medium, long-pyriform; eye small, open, level with the surface; skin greenish-yellow, with numerous patches of russet, sometimes flushed; flesh juicy, melting, and moderately flavoured. An old favourite sort, ripe in November.

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