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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Marie Benoist

Fruit large, roundish; eye small, in a somewhat deep basin; skin greenish-yellow, entirely covered with brown-russet; flesh white, buttery, sweet, melting, and very juicy. January and February. A very good late Pear, large, and a good bearer.

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