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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Suffolk Thorn

Fruit medium, roundish; eye small and open, in a deep basin; skin pale yellow, covered with grey russet; flesh white, juicy, very melting, and finely flavoured. October. A first-rate Pear.

Summer Beurre d'Aremberg. Fruit small, even-turbinate; eye small, very deeply set; skin yellow, with numerous points of reddish-russet; flesh juicy, melting, very buttery, highly perfumed. September. An excellent, refreshing Pear.

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