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.

HomeE › Easter Beurre

Easter Beurre

Fruit large, obovate; eye small, in a deep basin; skin dull green, with numerous dots of dull russet; flesh white, buttery, very juicy, and finely perfumed. January to March. One of the best late Pears. See Fig. 52.

Emile d'Heyst. Fruit medium, bossed, short-pyriform; eye small, set level with the surface; skin greenish-yellow, with patches of russet; flesh juicy, melting, with a rich, sugary flavour. October. A Pear of the highest merit, but it does not keep long.

← EysenhardtiaEchinocactus (To the species described on pp) →