PERRY PEARS. 



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AYLTON RED. 



[Syn : Sack Fear ; Black Horse Pear.\ 



This pear seems to have originated in the hamlet of Aylton, 

 about three miles west of Ledbury. It dates probably from the 

 beginning of the present century, since none of the trees are old. 



Desctiption. — Fruit : middle size, roundish, turbinate, unequal 

 in shape, being larger on one side than the other, with obtuse angles 

 on the sides. Skin : pale green, red on the sunny side, with 

 patches of deep crimson ; its whole surface being strewn with russet 

 dots, and with patches of thin russet. Eye : small, with thin re- 

 flexed segments, and sunk in a narrow puckered cavity. Stalk : 

 short, half to three quarters of an inch long, stout, enlarged at both 

 ends, and inserted in a narrow and shallow depression. Flesh : 

 white. Juice : very plentiful, thin, ot a pale amber colour, with a 

 sweet taste, and an agreeable flavour, without much astringency. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Aylton Red Pear 



