Orange-Bergamot
PearOrange-Bergamot
Origin and History
Of English origin. Documented as early as 1739 in the Bradley Card, and established in cultivation by the early 19th century as recorded in Brookshaw's Horticultural Repository (1823).
Tree
Hardy and a free bearer. The tree succeeds on either pear or quince stock.
Fruit
Form and Size: 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 and Flavor: White, semi-melting, juicy, with a sweet, orange flavor.
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, and Basin: Not described in source.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Early September.
Uses
Dessert pear.
Subtypes and Variants
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.