Bergamote d'Automne Panachée
PearBergamote d'Automne Panachée
Origin and History
A variegated form of the French Bergamotte d'Automne. Originally described in 1675 by Merlet in his Abrégé des bons fruits, where it was named Bergamote Suisse, thereby indicating Switzerland as the country of its origin.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium; roundish and flattened, somewhat inclining to turbinate, regular in shape.
Surface Features: Summit always a little mammillate.
Skin: Olive-yellow, occasionally slightly tinged with dull red. Spotted all over with large, fawn dots. Beautifully striped longitudinally with large bands of brownish-green passing into bright green on the side shaded from the sun.
Flesh and Flavor: White, melting and buttery, sugary, acidulous. Quality first-rate.
Season
October and November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source. (This variety itself is distinguished as a variegated form of the French Bergamotte d'Automne.)
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Bergamote d'Automne Panachée.
- Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:225, fig. 1867. Bergamotte Suisse.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 505. 1884.
A variegated form of the French Bergamotte d'Automne. Merlet, who described it in 1675 in his Abrégé des bons fruits, named it Bergamote Suisse, indicating thereby the country of its origin. Fruit medium, roundish and flattened, somewhat inclining to turbinate, regular, and having the summit always a little mammillate, color olive-yellow, occasionally slightly tinged with dull red, spotted all over with large, fawn dots, and beautifully striped longitudinally with large bands of brownish-green passing into bright green on the side shaded from the sun; flesh white, melting and buttery, sugary, acidulous; first; Oct. and Nov.