Bergamotte Thuerlinckx
PearBergamotte Thuerlinckx
Origin and History
This pear was distributed by the Society Van Mons, in whose bulletins it was published in the years 1857–58, 1860, and 1862, though without any statement as to its origin.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium or nearly medium in size; globular-turbinate, obtuse, with largest circumference at center.
Skin: Very pale green in the unripe state, sprinkled with numerous very small points of fawn color. On ripening, the basic green changes to very pale yellow, whitish, and usually a little golden on the sunny side, without any trace of red.
Flesh and Flavor: Quite white, half-fine and half-melting in texture, without grit at the core. Very juicy, sugary, and perfumed. Quality rated as good.
Season
October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Illustrated in Mas, Pomologie Générale, vol. 3, p. 149, fig. 171 (1878).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Bergamotte Thuerlinckx.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 3:149, fig. 171. 1878.
This pear was distributed by the Society Van Mons in whose bulletins it was published in the years 1857-58-60 and 1862, though without any statement as to its origin. Fruit medium or nearly medium, globular-turbinate, obtuse, of largest circumference at center, very pale green, sprinkled with numerous very small points of fawn; on ripening the basic green changes to very pale yellow, whitish and usually a little golden on the sunny side, without any trace of red; flesh quite white, half-fine, half-melting, without grit at the core, very juicy, sugary and perfumed; good; Oct.