Bergamotte Mico

Pear

Bergamotte Mico

Origin/History

Referenced in Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884); documented in Hedrick's The Pears of New York (1921).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Above medium.

Form: Globular, resembling a small Easter Beurré.

Skin: Greenish-yellow, covered with freckles and dots of cinnamon-colored russet.

Flesh/Flavor: Coarse-grained, gritty, wanting in flavor.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx/Basin: Not described in source.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Late November.

Quality & Uses

Rated as inferior. The coarse, gritty texture and lack of flavor indicate poor dessert quality.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Bergamotte Mico.

i. Hogg Fruit Man. 502. 1884.

Fruit above medium, globular, rather like a small Easter Beurré, greenish-yellow, covered with freckles and dots of cinnamon-colored russet; flesh coarse-grained, gritty, wanting in flavor; inferior; late Nov.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)