PLATE XLVI. 
4. AYLTON RED. 
[Syn : Sack Pear ; Black Horse Peark\ 
This Pear seems to have originated at the hamlet of Aylton about three miles west of 
Ledbury. It dates probably at the beginning of the present century (c. 1800), as none of the trees 
are old. 
Description. —Fruit : medium size, roundish turbinate, unequal in shape, being somewhat 
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 reflexed 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, of a pale 
amber colour, with a sweet taste and an agreeable flavour, without much astringency. 
The chemical analysis (season 1881) by Mr. With gave these results :— 
Density of fresh juice .. ... ... ... i , 036 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure to air ... ... 1*039 
And one hundred parts of juice by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... .. 9*200 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 4*000 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 86*8oo 
The Aylton Red Pear is late in season, and therefore very useful and convenient. It makes 
a rough strong Perry, but without sufficient delicacy or richness of flavour to give it a high 
character 
The tree grows freely and is very hardy. Its foliage is small, and when loaded with clusters 
of its rosy red fruit, as is commonly the case, it makes an attractive object in the orchard. 
