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Pomological Notices. 



collection in 1841 — a large portion of which were the un- 

 named sorts received from Dr. Van Mons. 



The St. Andre, Mr. Manning informs us, was received by 



Fig.\9. Saint Andri. 



his father from Messrs. Baumann, of Bolwiller, in the spring 

 of 1836, at the same time with the Rostiezer ; and it stands 

 on their Catalogue for the autumn of 1838 and spring of 1839 

 as the Poire St, Andre. 



The specimen from which our drawing was made, i^Jig. 

 19,) was received from the very large and extensive collection 

 of the Hon. J. S. Cabot, of Salem, and was one of several 

 fine specimens exhibited by him at the annual exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, last September. It 

 is a very excellent pear, of good size and fine appearance. 



Size, large, three inches long and two and a half in diame- 

 ter : Form, turbinate, slightly irregular, and tapering to the 



