THE ASTON TOWN PEAR.

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This Pear is supposed to be a native of Cheshire, and to have received its name from Aston Town, in that county. It has not, until lately, been much cultivated in the gardens about London. In the garden of THOMAS CANHAM, Esq. (late ISAAC SWAINSON'S), at Twickenham, is a large standard tree; the fruit of which, though not abundant, is excellent, and usually ripens about a fortnight earlier than those received from Cheshire.

The branches are rather slender, with a manner of growing peculiar to this tree; that is, a kind of tendency to twist round in growing upwards; so that, at a distance, a Pear tree of this kind may be easily distinguished from all others: young shoots smooth, pale coloured, pendent, the fruit being usually produced at the extremities. Leaves small, oval. Fruit somewhat resembling that of the Swan's Egg, but more tapered toward the stalk, and rather flattened on the other end; of a greenish colour, spotted with russett, like the Cressanne, and having a few large spots of dark brown when fully ripe. The flesh is melting, highly flavoured, richly sugared and perfumed; sometimes a little stony. It is in perfection early in November, but will not continue long.

The specimen represented in our Plate was taken from a standard