PLATE LI. 
3. TILLINGTON. 
A seedling variety of Mr. Thos. x^ndrew Knight’s (c. 1810—20), and named by him after 
the village of Tillington, in Herefordshire. Mr. Knight had a small estate there, and planted an 
orchard of this variety, which is now (1883) in full luxuriance. 
Description. —Fruit: medium size, short pyriform, uneven in outline. Skin : smooth greenish 
yellow, covered with a number of light brown russet dots, and reddish brown on the side next the 
sun. Eye: open, scarcely at all depressed. Stalk : short fleshy, and warted at its insertion. 
Flesh : yellowish, tender, buttery, melting, not very juicy but brisk and vinous, with a peculiar and 
fine aroma. 
An excellent pear, in season from the end of October to the end of November. 
The tree is hardy and bears w T ell when it has attained its full size. 
