Lange Sommer-Bergamotte

Pear

Lange Sommer-Bergamotte

Origin/History

Thuringia, 1794. First described by Dochnahl (1856).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Below medium; long-turbinate.

Skin: Yellow-green, turning to whitish-yellow. Rough surface, heavily dotted with brown. Slightly russeted. Thick-skinned.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellowish-white. Breaking texture, granular, becoming glutinous (mealy to juicy).

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

August.

Uses

First for table (superior dessert pear).

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Source: Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:39. 1856. Cited in U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Lange Sommer-Bergamotte.

Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:39. 1856.

Thuringia, 1794. Fruit below medium, long-turbinate, yellow-green turning to whitish-yellow, rough, heavily dotted with brown, slightly russeted, thick-skinned; flesh yellowish-white, breaking, granular becoming glutinous; first for table; Aug.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)