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Bergamotte Oeuf de Cygne

Pear

Bergamotte Oeuf de Cygne

Origin/History First described in Pomologie Générale, vol. 7, p. 55, fig. 508 (1881).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium or rather large.

Form: Globular, more or less depressed at both base and summit, regular in outline. Largest circumference around the middle.

Skin: Bright green, sprinkled with gray or greenish-gray dots.

Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, tinted and veined with yellow, fine, melting, rather gritty about the core. Juice abundant, sweet, and delicately perfumed. Quality: first.

Season October and November.

Uses Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Bergamotte Oeuf de Cygne.

  1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:55, fig. 508. 1881.

Fruit medium or rather large, globular, more or less depressed at both base and summit, regular in outline, largest circumference around the middle, bright green, sprinkled with gray or greenish-gray dots; flesh white, tinted and veined with yellow, fine, melting, rather gritty about the core, with abundant, sweet juice, delicately perfumed; first; Oct. and Nov.

U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
Bergamotte Oeuf De Cygne