In article , Charlie
Pridham writes

Sorry Janet there are no entries for Butchers, and only 2 for Butcher and
both of those are Malus varieties. I would suggest it was a description
of the colour.


I know! How irritating is that! She is sure that's what the owner of the
garden said but of curse it might 'sound' like Butcher's Blue or Blue
Butcher I guess.

Still thank you for trying. I also looked which was why I wondered at
first about Butcher's broom
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk