Raised from seed by Arnold & Frazier, Dansville, Ind. The name Arnold was conferred upon it at the meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, December, 1892, and in November, 1893, it received a first class certificate of merit from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. In 1898, at the December meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural Society it was reported "a winter pear of good quality, apparently not ripe at this season; of local origin; a good keeper; an abundant bearer," and was recommended for trial in the experiment station of the State. Fruit medium size, oblong-pyriform, yellow russeted; flesh buttery, juicy, melting; good; very late. =Arthur Bivort.= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:85, fig. 427. 1880. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:160, fig. 1867. Raised from seed by Van Mons who died in 1842. The variety did not fruit till 1850. Fruit above medium, pyramidal, very long, obtuse, even and regular in contour, yellowish-green, slightly dotted with fawn, washed with pale red on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sugary, acid, delicately perfumed; first; Oct. =Arthur Chevreau.= =1.= _Rev. Hort._ 39. 1916. Arthur Chevreau of Montreuil, a distinguished French horticulturist, obtained this variety and exhibited it to the Horticultural Society of France in December, 1915. It was described in the Journal of the Society after official testing and approval. Fruit large to very large, long and regular in form, very slightly bossed; stem short and set obliquely, greenish-yellow passing to dark yellow, sprinkled with large, russet dots; flesh rather fine; firm, very juicy, slightly acidulous, with a very agreeable flavor; good or very good. =Arundell.= =1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 593. 1629. A very old English pear described by Parkinson as "most plentiful in Suffolke, and there commended to be a verie good peare." =Aspasie Aucourt.= =1.= _Guide Prat._ 84. 1895. Origin unknown but thought to be European. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse, pale yellow; flesh fine, melting, very juicy, primrose in color, saccharine, slightly perfumed; one of the best of its season for the private garden; late July and Aug. =Aston Town.= =1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 352. 1831. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 485. 1884. An old English variety raised at Aston in Cheshire, and largely cultivated there and in the neighboring counties, especially that of Hereford. Fruit medium sized, globular-turbinate, pyriform, pale green but changing on ripening to pale yellow, covered with numerous gray-russety specks; flesh yellowish-white, tender, buttery, and full of a most excellent saccharine, perfumed juice; it is a rich highly-flavored pear of the first rank; Oct. and Nov. A peculiarity of its growth is a tendency of the branches to twist. =Audibert.= =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:163, fig. 1867. _Belle Audibert._ =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:119. 1831.