Frühe Schweizer Bergamotte
PearFrühe Schweizer Bergamotte
Origin / History
Holland is given as the origin, with 1804 as the date. The variety is cited in Dochnahl, Führ. Obstkunde 2:76, 1856, and in Oberdieck, Obst-Sort. 241, 1881.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Fairly large.
Form: Variable in form, often ovate, ventriculous-turbinate, and often pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellowish-light green changing to lemon-yellow, marked with russet and often with fine yellow-gray russet on the side exposed to the sun.
Dots: Sprinkled with green and yellow-gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh snow-white, buttery, melting, very juicy, acidulous and aromatic. Quality first.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripe in August.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Frühe Schweizer Bergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:76. 1856. 2. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 241. 1881. Holland, 1804. Fruit fairly large, variable in form, often ovate, ventriculous-turbinate, and often pyriform, yellowish-light green changing to lemon-yellow, sprinkled with green and yellow-gray dots, marked with russet and often with fine yellow-gray russet on the side exposed to the sun; flesh snow-white, buttery, melting, very juicy, acidulous and aromatic; first; Aug.