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Notes and Gleanings. 



Poire de l'Assomption. — The following description and outline of this 

 new pear, which, from its large size and early maturity, has created much excite- 

 ment in Europe, are from the " Flore des Serres : " — 



" This beautiful and excellent pear originated on the estate of M. Rouille de 



POIRE DE l'aSSOMPTION. 



Reauchamps, near Nantes. It was exhibited before the Horticultural Society of 

 Paris in 1864 and the three following years. In 1867, the committee of pomolo- 



