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Bergamotte d'fite is of ancient and unknown origin. Le Lectier wrote of it in 1628 

 as cultivated under the name of Milan de la Beuveriere. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate 

 or globular, bossed, narrowed towards the top which is usually mammillate, pale green 

 slightly yellowish on the shaded side and tinted with tender rose color on the cheek exposed 

 to the sun, and dotted all over with fawn; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting, rarely very 

 gritty; juice abundant, rather tart, saccharine, with a very savory flavor; first; Aug. and 

 Sept. 



Bergamotte d'ete de Lubeck. i. Gtiide Prat. 83, 237. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:97, 

 fig. 337. 1880. 

 This variety is very much grown in the environs of Lubeck, Ger. Fruit medium, 

 nearly round, color at first of a water-green, nearly covered with a russet of gray-brown; 

 when ripening the russet brightens and some dots of whitish-gray become visible; flesh 

 yellowish-white, fine, compact, buttery, rather gritty near the core, sugary and juicy; 

 first; Aug. and Sept. 

 Bergamotte Fertile, i. Guide Prat. 83, 237. 1876. 



A Van Mons seedling; Belgitmi, 1828. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, symmetrical, 

 uniform light lemon-yellow all over, russeted; skin scentless; flesh granular, melting, sweet, 

 aromatic; second for dessert, first for kitchen and market; late Sept. 

 Bergamotte la Gantoise. i. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 



Raised from seed of the Bergamotte Esperen, which it surpasses in size and quality, 

 by Der\'aes Bros., Wetteren, Bel. Fruit large, generally round; color green sprinkled with 

 brown dots, passing into yellow on ripening; flesh white, very melting, juicy, slightly 

 perfumed; first; Feb. and Mar. 



Bergamotte Heimbourg. i. Mag. Hort. 21:189. 1855. 2. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 159, 

 fig. 176. 1866-73. 

 A seedling of Van Mons. Reported for the first time in 1847. Fruit meditmi, 

 globular-conic; skin rough to the touch, olive-yellow, dotted, veined and stained with 

 russet and slightly washed with pale red on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, 

 fine, melting, rather gritty at center; juice sufficient, acidulous, sugary, delicately per- 

 fuined; first; Oct. 



Bergamotte Herault. i. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 151, fig. 

 1906. 

 Obtained from seed in i860 by M. A. Herault, Angers, Fr. First fruited in 1870. 

 Fruit large, altho sometimes only medium in size, irregular roundish-obconic and angular 

 in outline; stem short to medium, thick and fleshy, usually obliquely inserted in cavity; 

 cal}^ small, open or semi-closed; skin rather glossy, pale yellow, dotted with red; flesh 

 whitish, slightly gritty at the center, fine-grained, melting, juicy, sweet, with delicate 

 aroma; very good; Dec. and Jan. 



Bergamotte Hertrich. i. Guide Prat. 61, 237. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:7, fig. 292. 



1880. 3. Jour. Hort. 3rd Ser. 2:43, fig. 9. 1881. 



Raised from seed of Fortunee by Herr Hertrich, a merchant at Colmar, Ger. It 



fruited first in 1853 and was placed in commerce in 1858. Fruit below mediimi, Bergamot- 



shaped, inclining to roundish-turbinate or obovate, even in outline, furrowed at stalk, 



