MAT. 



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d' Aremberg, and the latter for many years extensively dissemi- 

 nated for it, is comparatively a new pear, though raised as long 

 ago as 1820. It is not even mentioned in the Catalogue of 

 the London Horticultural Society for 1842, nor is it described 

 in any pomological work except the one above quoted. It 

 was first introduced into American collections six or eight 

 years ago, but it has never fruited in perfection till within 

 two or three years. 



12. THE SOLDAT LABORER PEAR. 



According to Bivort, the Soldat Laborer was one of the 

 first seedlings of the late Major Esperin, in his pomological 

 career, after his return home from the perilous campaigns of 

 the Empire, when he devoted himself exclusively to the cul- 

 ture of the choicest varieties of fruits. When sent out from, 



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