Orange-Bergamot
PearOrange-Bergamot
Origin / History
Of English origin. Hedrick cites three works for the variety: Bradley Card. 199 (1739), Brookshaw Horticultural Repository 1:63, Pl. 31 (1823), and Hogg Fruit Man. 625 (1884).
Tree
Tree hardy, free bearer, succeeding on either pear or quince stock.
Fruit
Size: Fruit small.
Form: Globular-turbinate.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Skin smooth, pale green changing to yellow or yellow-green at maturity, blushed with dull red on the side next the sun.
Dots: Strewed with whitish-gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, semi-melting, juicy, with a sweet, orange flavor.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Early Sept.
Uses
Dessert pear.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
View original book sources (1)
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Orange-Bergamot.
- Bradley Card. 199. 1739. 2. Brookshaw Horticultural Repository 1:63, Pl. 31. 1823. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 1884.
Of English origin. Tree hardy, free bearer, succeeding on either pear or quince stock. Fruit small, globular-turbinate; skin smooth, pale green changing to yellow or yellow-green at maturity, blushed with dull red on the side next the sun, strewed with whitish-gray dots; flesh white, semi-melting, juicy, with a sweet, orange flavor; dessert pear; early Sept.