THE PEAR. 753 



ECHASSERIE. 



Bezi d'Echassey. L'Echasserie. Winter Long Green. 



Bei FEchasserie. Verte Longue d'Hiver. Winter Green Long. 



Jagdbirne. Besidery Sandry. Landry Wilding. 



Bezi de Chasseray. Echassery. 



A French Pear of second quality, productive. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish oval. Skin smooth, pale green, yel- 

 lowish at maturity, slightly dotted with gray. Flesh melting, buttery, 

 with a sweet perfumed flavor. January to April. 



EDMONDS. 

 Origin, town of Brighton, N. Y. A chance seedling on the farm of 



Edmonds. 



Eliphalet Elmonds. Tree a strong grower. Young shoots 

 reddish bro .vn, with large spots. 



Fruit large, obovate obtuse pyriform. Surface uneven, yellow, 



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