Bergamotte Sageret
PearBergamotte Sageret
Origin/History
A French pear raised from seed by M. Sageret, who first reported it in 1830.
Tree
Of vigorous growth. Not otherwise described in sources.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium, roundish (Downing); nearly spherical, symmetrical in outline (Hedrick).
Stem: Fleshy at insertion.
Cavity: Not described in sources.
Calyx: Large and open.
Basin: Not described in sources.
Skin: Rather fine and thin. Ground color water-green (Hedrick) or greenish (Downing), very thickly sprinkled with prominent, large dots. Downing describes the dots as brown and russet; Hedrick notes they become more yellow as the fruit ripens, and that the cheek toward the sun turns golden at maturity.
Flesh and Flavor: Flesh white. Downing describes it as juicy, melting, sweet, and pleasant, rating it Good. Hedrick describes it as fine and buttery but rather gritty near the core; juice sufficient but not very saccharine and deficient in perfume, rating it a good second-rate dessert pear.
Core/Seeds: Not described in sources.
Season
October (Downing). October to January (Hedrick).
Uses
Dessert pear.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in sources.
Other
Not described in sources.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Bergamotte Sageret.
Sageret.
A French Pear, of vigorous growth of tree.
Fruit medium, roundish, greenish, very thickly sprinkled with brown and russet dots. Stalk fleshy at insertion. Calyx large, open. Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. October.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Bergamotte Sageret.
- Downing Fr. Trees Am. 671. 1869.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 5:129, fig. 353. 1880.
M. Sageret obtained this Bergamotte from seed; he first reported it in 1830. Fruit medium, nearly spherical, symmetrical in outline; skin rather fine and thin, water-green, sprinkled with very many and prominent, large dots becoming when ripe more yellow and the cheek next the sun golden; flesh white, fine, buttery, rather gritty near the core; juice sufficient, not very saccharine, deficient in perfume; a good second-rate dessert pear; Oct. to Jan.