Bergamotte Cadette

Pear

Bergamotte Cadette

Origin / History

French in origin (Thomas); classed as foreign by Elliott.

Tree

Shoots greenish, slender, erect, and diverging; leaves small; productive (Thomas). Wood light olive brown; productive on Pear or Quince (Elliott).

Fruit

Size: Hardly medium to medium.

Form: Roundish obovate, round-obovate, or round-oval.

Stem: Long, stout; an inch and a fourth long (Thomas).

Cavity: Scarcely sunk on the rounded base (Thomas).

Calyx: Small, closed (Elliott); erect or closed (Thomas).

Basin: Very shallow (Thomas).

Skin: Pale green (Elliott) to greenish yellow (Thomas), often russeted (Thomas). Elliott has it rarely a little red in the sun; Thomas, frequently tinged with reddish brown to the sun.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, quite rich, slightly perfumed (Thomas). Elliott gives buttery, juicy, sweet, and says it requires care in ripening.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Late autumn (Thomas); October to December (Elliott).

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1849) from Massachusetts

Hovey & Co. , Cambridge , Massachusetts — 1849

View original book sources (2)

Bergamotte Cadette.

Beurre Beauchamps, | Beauchamps, | Bergamotte Buffe, Ognonet, | Poire de Cadet, | Bergamotte Crapaud.

Foreign. Fruit, hardly medium, roundish obovate, pale green, rarely little red in sun ; stem, long, stout ; calyx, small, closed ; flesh, buttery, juicy, sweet ; requires care in ripening. October to December. Wood, light olive brown ; productive on Pear or Quince.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Bergamotte Cadette. (Beauchamps, Beurré Beauchamps, Poire de Cadet.) Size medium, round-obovate, or round-oval; surface greenish-yellow, often russeted, frequently tinged with reddish-brown to the sun; stalk an inch and a fourth long, scarcely sunk on the rounded base; calyx erect or closed, basin very shallow; flesh melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, quite rich, slightly perfumed. Late autumn. Shoots greenish, slender, erect, and diverging; leaves small. Productive. French. Fig. 675.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

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