Bergamotte Mico
PearBergamotte Mico
Origin / History
Described by Hogg, Fruit Manual (1884), p. 502.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Above medium.
Form: Globular, rather like a small Easter Beurré.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, covered with freckles and dots of cinnamon-colored russet.
Dots: Freckles and dots of cinnamon-colored russet.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh coarse-grained, gritty, wanting in flavor; inferior.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Late November.
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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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)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.