on quince. Should be gathered before it parts readily 

 and carefully watched in the fruit room. Requires to 

 be eaten when the skin seems fairly firm as it begins 

 to ripen at the core. 



Beurre* des Trois Tours : see Beurre Diel. 



BISHOP'S THUMB. Her. Pom. II., 42. F. Pousse 

 de 1'Eveque. Dessert, October to November, variable 

 2f by 5, long calebasse form, even. Skin, a little rough. 

 Colour, pale yellow with bright scarlet flush. Flesh, 

 palest yellow, fine grained, a little melting, slightly 

 perfumed, very juicy. Eye, wide open almost on 

 level. Stem, long and woody, continued, generally at 

 angle the flesh growing higher up (the stem one side. 

 Growth, vigorous, makes a good standard ; fertility 

 good. Leaf, elliptical, nearly flat, finely serrate. Origin, 

 this has been known in England for many years and is 

 generally considered to be a native. First described 

 by Diel in 1804. An old variety often found in orchards 

 but of no special merit. The curious growth of flesh up 

 one side of the stem is, I suppose, the origin of its name. 



Black Achan : see Achan. 

 Black Worcester. 



BLACK WORCESTER. Her. Pom. II., 60. F. de 

 Livre G. Konigsgeschenk von Neaple. Culinary, till 

 April, large, 3j by 4. Shape round Bergamotte, uneven. 

 Skin, rough, entirely covered with dark coppery brown 

 russet. Flesh, pale yellow, crisp, flavourless and rather 

 gritty. Stem, i inch, very stout and woody. Growth 

 moderate. Fertility moderate. Eye nearly closed in 

 a deepish uneven basin. This has been known in 

 Worcester since the i6th century, where according to 

 legend Queen Elizabeth saw it at Whystone Farm. It 

 is, I think, almost certainly the Poire de Livre of Leroy, 

 which has been known in France for several centuries, 

 and which may even go back to Roman days. A 

 good cooking pear, but not equal to Catillac, Double 

 de Guerre and Belli ssime d'Hiver. 



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