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 23
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 … Nothing can be conceived more beautiful in rural scenerythan the Golden Knap pear tree {Jig. 15. b\ either in spring,when its slender twigs are literally covered with snow-whiteblossoms; in summer, when it presents a dense mass of sea-green foliage; or in autumn, when the whole is studded overwith…
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