411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Stinking Bishop
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
+ pear
+ cheese
Etymology
A reference to Frederick (or Percy) Bishop, who owned Moorcroft Farm in the early 1800s and was presumably the cultivar's breeder; he is said to have had an ugly temperament.
Noun
~ Stinking Bishop
en countable A pear of a variety bred near Dymock in Gloucestershire, England, primarily for perry.
en countable uncountable A washed-rind cheese made from the milk of Gloucester cattle and immersed in perry made from Stinking Bishop pears.
en eponyms
en Pear cultivars