The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 22
The Benvie pear (a) is extensively cultivated. The originaltree is still standing in an orchard bearing the name of Benvie,in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, but is much decayed.The young trees, however, which are cultivated in almost everyorchard, show no marks of approaching dissolution, and… … size of the fruit of the Benvie, which is ripe in August, andis an excellent dessert pear. The Fruit and Picturesque Effect of certain Pear Trees. 13
