[…] who sat on two benches before a long table covered with American cloth and set out with immense plates of bread and dripping and two brown jugs that faintly steamed.

Blackheart results from inadequate oxygen supply for respiration (asphyxiation) of internal tuber tissue.

arc-sine (British), arcsine (US)

Pansy would be his wife, Delia guessed. Yes, and the baby's name is Daffodil, can you believe it? There's a baby? And it wasn't even a springtime baby! It was born in October!