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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Madame Treyve

Fruit large, bossed, obovate; eye small and open, in a deep basin; skin greenish-yellow, with numerous points of russet, brightly flushed; flesh white, melting, juicy, and very rich. September and October. A hardy and excellent sort, fruitful as a standard, and good for a wall. Succeeds as a pyramid on either the Pear or Quince.

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