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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Huyshe's Bergamot

Fruit large, oval; eye small and open; skin pale yellow, covered with brown-russet; flesh melting, juicy, with a sweet and fine flavour. November. A very delicious Pear.

Jargonelle. Fruit medium, pyriform; eye large and open, in a slight depression; skin smooth, greenish-yellow, flushed; flesh while, juicy, melting, and pleasant. August. One of the earliest dessert Pears, but it only keeps good a few days. The tree is vigorous, with a rather straggling, pendulous habit.

Jersey Gratioli. Fruit medium, roundish-obovate; eye open, in a small depression; skin greenish-yellow, with numerous points or russet, brightly flushed; flesh very melting, sugary, and pleasant. October. A fine-looking and first-rate Pear, keeping but a short time.

Josephine de Malines. Fruit medium, short-pyriform; eye open, in a shallow basin; skin greenish-yellow with russet, flushed; flesh yellowish, with a tinge of red, very melting, juicy, and highly perfumed. January to March. A late Pear, of the highest merit. It succeeds well on the Quince, and is very prolific as an espalier or a bush.

Knight's Monarch. Fruit medium, roundish; eye small and open, in a bossed basin; skin greenish-yellow, with numerous points of russet; flesh very juicy, buttery, melting, and finely flavoured. December and January. A most delicious late Pear.

Louise Bonne of Jersey. Fruit medium, pyriform; eye small, in a deep basin; skin smooth, yellow-russet, brightly flushed; flesh white, buttery, melting, and rich. October and November. A very good and pretty Pear. The tree is a good bearer, and succeeds as a standard. It grows well on the Quince.

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