Bergamotte Rouge
PearBergamotte Rouge
Origin/History
This pear is of ancient and unknown origin. It was mentioned by Le Lectier in 1628, Merlet in 1675, and Duhamel in 1768, but without history.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Rather large; globular, acute-pyriform, irregular, mammillate at calyx.
Skin: Greenish-yellow, washed with brownish-red on the side next the sun and marked with stripes of the same color. The whole covered with fine, delicate, cinnamon-colored russet, sprinkled with large, gray dots.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white, coarse, melting, gritty. Juice sufficient, with a slight musky perfume, sugary.
Stem, Cavity, Basin, and Core: Not described in source.
Season
September
Uses
First quality for both table and kitchen.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Sources Cited:
- Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, 2:162, Pl. XIX, fig. 6 (1768)
- Lindley, Guide to Orchard and Garden (1831)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Bergamotte Rouge.
- Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:162, Pl. XIX, fig. 6. 1768.
- Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 334. 1831.
This pear is of ancient and unknown origin. It was mentioned by Le Lectier in 1628, Merlet in 1675, and Duhamel in 1768, but without history. Fruit rather large, globular, acute-pyriform, irregular, mammillate at calyx, greenish-yellow, washed with brownish-red on the side next the sun, and marked with stripes of the same color, the whole covered with fine, delicate, cinnamon-colored russet, sprinkled with large, gray dots; flesh white, coarse, melting, gritty; juice sufficient, with a slight musky perfume, sugary; first for both table and kitchen; Sept.