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with a little colour on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with spreading 

 segments, and placed on a level with the surface of the fruit, the seg- 

 ments lying back leaf-like on the fruit. Stalk, woody, curved, brown, 

 an inch and a quarter long, obliquely inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 white, half fine, buttery, and melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, and with 

 an agreeable perfume. 



A good pear ; ripe in the end of October. 



This is a seedling of Van Mons, which did not fruit till 1850. M. Bivort named 

 it in honour of his brother. 



Asperge d'Hiver. See Bequesne. 



ASTON TOWN. Fruit, rather below the medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and the same in height ; roundish obovate. Skin, 

 rather rough, pale green at first, but changing as it ripens to pale 

 yellow, and thickly covered with brown russet spots. Eye, small, 

 nearly closed, and set in a small shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a 

 half long, slender, and without depression, and with a swollen lip on 

 one side of it. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, and buttery, with a 

 rich, sugary, and perfumed flavour, very much resembling, and even 

 equalling, that of the Crasanne. 



A dessert pear of the first quality, in use during the end of October 

 and beginning of November. In appearance it much resembles Eye- 

 wood, but it is not so richly flavoured. 



The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. It 

 succeeds admirably as a standard, and is one of the most valuable of 

 our native varieties. There is, however, a peculiarity in its growth 

 which requires attention. When grown as a standard the branches 

 have a tendency to twist and become entangled, which must, therefore, 

 be prevented by a timely attention to pruning. 



This esteemed variety was raised at Aston, in Cheshire, and has for many years 

 been cultivated in that and neighbouring counties to a considerable extent. 



D'Auch. See Colmar. 

 Audusson. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 

 D'Aumale. See Besi de la Motte. 

 Auguste Benoit. See Beurre Benolt. 



AUGUSTE DE BOULOGNE. Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; oval, even, 

 regular, and handsome in its outline. Skin, smooth, of a bright deep 

 golden yellow, strewed all over with dark brown russet dots, and with 

 a patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, very small and open, with 

 short, erect, acute segments, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, very 

 stout and woody, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 narrow cavity. Flesh, half-melting, not very juicy, rather coarse- 

 grained and gritty, and not of a particularly good flavour. 



