Bergamotte Nicolle
PearBergamotte Nicolle
Origin and History
Raised from seeds of Flemish Beauty in 1849 by M. Nicolle, a member of the Society of Horticulture of Rouen.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, globular, attaining its greatest circumference around the middle, depressed at each pole.
Skin: Bright green sprinkled with distinct red dots; some russet patches.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, slightly yellowish, fine, very melting. Juice abundant, saccharine, perfumed.
Quality: First (first-class).
Season
October.
Tree
Not described in source.
Uses
Not described in source.
Source Citation: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Mas Pom. Gen. 7:149, fig. 555 (1881).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Bergamotte Nicolle.
i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:149, fig. 555. 1881.
Raised from seeds of Flemish Beauty in 1849 by M. Nicolle, a member of the Society of Horticulture of Rouen. Fruit medium, globular, attaining its greatest circumference around the middle, depressed at each pole, bright green sprinkled with distinct red dots, some russet patches; flesh white, slightly yellowish, fine, very melting; juice abundant, saccharine, perfumed; first; Oct.