Swan's Egg
Fruit medium, roundish; eye small, almost closed; skin green, with numerous dots of dull russet; flesh greenish, juicy, melting, and pleasantly flavoured. November. A very old and esteemed Pear. Succeeds well as a standard.
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.
Fruit medium, roundish; eye small, almost closed; skin green, with numerous dots of dull russet; flesh greenish, juicy, melting, and pleasantly flavoured. November. A very old and esteemed Pear. Succeeds well as a standard.