Notes and Gleanings. 



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NOTES AND GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 



PiTMASTON Duchess Pear. — The name by which this pear has hitherto 

 been known is Pitmaston Duchesse d'Angouleme, it having been raised by the 

 late Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, from a cross between Duchesse d'Angouleme 



PITMASTON DUCHESS PEAR. 



and Glout Mor(;eau. Bearing no resemblance whatever to Duchesse d'Angou- 

 leme, it might with as much reason have been called Pitmaston Glout Mor9eau ; 

 and as it is a mere misapplication of the name to continue it, we are induced to 



