small, held nearly flat, finely serrate, turns dull brownish- 

 red. Origin, raised by Van Mons, and fruited by Bivort, 

 in 1844. This is a very valuable fruit and is in appear- 

 ance as a larger and earlier Josephine de Malines. 



ALTHORP CRASANNE. Her. Pom. L, 4. Dessert, 

 October to November, medium, round, tapering to stem, 

 even. Skin, rough. Colour, greenish, yellow covered 

 with fine russet. Flesh, white, melting, juicy and 

 pleasantly flavoured. Eye, rather large, open, in a 

 shallow basin. Stem, moderate, curved, rather slender, 

 continued. Growth, vigorous ; fertility, regular. 

 Origin, raised by T. A. Knight, and first fruited in 1830. 

 This was considered by Knight to be one of the hardiest 

 of his seedlings and to succeed in soils unfavourable 

 to the majority of Pears. 



ANDRE DESPORTES. Dessert, September, medium, 

 2 i by 3j conical, even. Colour, pale yellow green with 

 dull brown red flush. Skin, smooth with numerous 

 large white dots. Flesh, white, juicy, sweet, fair 

 flavour. Eye, small open in a shallow very even basin. 

 Stem, medium, |in. usually a little to one side. Growth, 

 moderate, erect ; fertility very great. Leaf, long 

 oval, a little twisted, upfolded, entire. Origin, raised 

 by Andre* Leroy at Angers in 1854. A nice early fruit 

 coming in just before Williams and of better flavour 

 than Dr. Jules Guyot. 



ASPASIE AUCOURT. Dessert, end August, medium 

 2j by 2j, round, conical, even. Colour, straw yellow 

 with russet specks and dots. Skin, slightly rough. 

 Flesh, melting, whitish, very juicy and sweet. Eye, 

 small, nearly closed in an even medium basin. Stem, 

 stout, rather long at an angle. Growth, very weak ; 

 fertility moderate. Origin, raised by M. Rollet at 

 Villefranche, Rhone, France, and introduced in 1885. 

 A good pear, but so poor in growth as to be hardly 

 worth retention. 



ASTON TOWN. Lind. Pom. Brit. III., 139. 

 Dessert, October to November, small, 2 by 2, quite 



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