Eyewood Bergamotte
PearEyewood Bergamotte
Origin / History
Raised by Thomas Andrew Knight and named after Eyewood, near Kington, Hereford. Cited as Her. Pom., II., 51. Bunyard gives the German name as Augenwald. Listed by E.A. Bunyard in A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920) as a dessert fruit.
Tree
Growth very vigorous, spreading. Fertility good. Leaf round, tapering sharply to point, very irregularly serrate, held out, flat, turning clear yellow. Bears well as a standard. Makes a good pyramid on Quince.
Fruit
Size: Medium, 2½ by 2½.
Form: Flattened round, even.
Stem: Very long and slender, set in a shallow, small cavity.
Cavity: Shallow and small, holding the stem.
Calyx: Eye open, woody, and all united in one piece.
Basin: Shallow and even, containing the eye.
Skin: Rough. Color yellowish green, largely covered with russet dots and markings.
Dots: Russet dots and markings, largely covering the surface.
Flesh and flavor: White, extremely juicy, sweet and very aromatic.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October to November.
Uses
Dessert.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)EYEWOOD BERGAMOTTE. Her. Pom., II., 51. G. Augenwald. Dessert, October to November, medium, 2½ by 2½, flattened round, even. Skin, rough. Colour, yellowish green, largely covered with russet dots and markings. Flesh, white, extremely juicy, sweet and very aromatic. Eye, open, woody, and all united in one piece, in a shallow even basin. Stem, very long and slender in a shallow, small cavity. Growth, very vigorous, spreading; fertility good. Leaf, round tapering sharply to point, very irregularly serrate, held out, flat, turns clear yellow. Origin, raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, and named after Eyewood, near Kington, Hereford. It bears well as a standard, and makes a good pyramid on Quince.