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This seedling pear was first produced in 1831 and received its name from Eyewood, near 
Kington, Herefordshire, the seat of the Earl of Oxford. 
Description .—Fruit : below medium size, two inches and a quarter wide and two inches 
high ; bergamot-shaped. Skin : very thick, green on the shaded side, becoming greenish yellow, 
tinged with brown next the sun, and very much covered with pale brown russet, and large russet 
dots. Eye : small and open, slightly depressed. Stalk : an inch long, slender, inserted in a small 
cavity. Flesh: yellowish, exceedingly tender and melting, very juicy, with a sprightly vinous flavour 
and a fine aroma. 
A very excellent pear ripe in October and November. “In a good season” said Mr. Knight, 
“ it is doubtful if it would be exceeded in flavour by Ganset's Bergamot .” 
The tree is very robust in growth and thorny when young. It bears well and is so hardy 
that it will succeed well in bad seasons, when other varieties are so apt to fail, and it has moreover 
so sound a constitution that it will do well in almost any soil and situation. 
