Bergamotte Capraud
PearBergamotte Capraud
Origin / History
An old French pear, heretofore confounded with Bergamotte Cadet.
Tree
Tree vigorous, productive. Young wood light reddish yellow brown.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish oblate.
Stem: Long.
Cavity: Broad, rather shallow.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish yellow, netted and patched with russet.
Dots: Thickly sprinkled with russet dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly vinous. Good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Bergamotte Capraud.
Crapaud.
An old French Pear, heretofore confounded with Bergamotte Cadet. Tree vigorous, productive. Young wood light reddish yellow brown.
Fruit medium, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk long, in a broad, rather shallow cavity. Calyx open. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly vinous. Good. October.