Stinking Bishop pear

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Stinking Bishop is a variety of pear bred near Dymock, England primarily for perry.[1] The official name of the pear is actually Moorcroft and Stinking Bishop is one of its many other names, including Malvern Pear, Choke Pear, and Choker. It was posthumously named after the breeder, a Mr. Bishop, who allegedly had a very ugly temperament.

In a 2005 American NPR interview with Charles Martell, the maker of Stinking Bishop cheese (the cheese is washed with the Stinking Bishop perry during the ripening stage), related a story that Bishop got angry at his skillet one day for not heating fast enough and in retaliation shot it. Although possibly apocryphal, it illustrates the sort of behaviour which earned his dislike.

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  1. ^ "The Apple and Pear Research Council Order 1989 (c.2277)". Office of Public Sector Information. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19892277_en_2.htm#mdiv38. Retrieved on 8 August 2006. 

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