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is in season from about the middle of October to the middle of November. In appearance it much 
resembles Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight’s pear Eyewood. 
The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and bears abundantly year after year. The year 1880, 
after the cold wet season of 1879, is the only year for the last thirty years that the Herefordshire 
Aston Town pear trees failed to bear a crop. It succeeds admirably as a standard, but has the 
peculiarity of a tendency in its branches to become twisted and entangled. This should be 
prevented by a timely attention to pruning. 
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5. SWAN’S EGG. 
The history of this well known pear, one of the oldest varieties, is nowhere given. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, roundish ovate. Skin : smooth, yellowish green on the 
shaded side, and clear brownish red next the sun, and covered with pale brown russet. Eye: 
small, partially closed, slightly depressed. Stalk: an inch and a half long, inserted without 
depression. Flesh : tender, very juicy, with a sweet and sprightly flavour, and a musky aroma. 
A fine, old and favourite pear ; ripe in October. 
The tree is very hardy, and an excellent bearer. 
