Herefordshire Pomona Plate 70 1. Beurré d’Arenberg 2. Easter Beurré 3. Doyenné Robin 4. Bergamotte Esperen 5. Joséphine de Malines 6. Dana’s Hovey 7. Gansel-Seckle 8. Comte de Lamy 9. Duchesse de Mars
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1876- 1885.
Chromolithograph, image approximately 12 x 9 1/2 inches on sheet size 14 1/2 x 11 nches. . A handsome chromolithograph from "one of the finest fruit books ever issued" (Great Flower Books, p.101), "The Herefordshire Pomona," published under the auspices of the Woolhope Club. This plate LXX is an attractive and brightly colored image of nine pear varieties, with a flowering branch, drawn by Alice B. Ellis and Edith E Bull. Printed by G. Severeyns, Brussels.
Age toning and slight spotting