268 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Distributed by Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. Y., about 1850 as a new foreign 

 variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish-yellow with brown cheek, dull russet 

 marblings and indistinct brown specks; flesh breaking, juicy, rather astringent; requires 

 careful ripening; Feb. to April. 

 Benoit Caroli. i. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 



Introduced by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., as a new variety in 1895. Fruit medium 

 yellow, finely dotted, washed with reddish -brown on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh 

 white, greenish toward the upper part, buttery, almost melting, saccharine and pleasantly 

 perfumed; Dec. 

 Bensell. i. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:34. 1908. 



Originated by a Mr. Bensell, Philadelphia. Fruit large, globular, yellow; flesh buttery, 

 sweet, juicy, acidulous; late. 

 Benvie. i. Mag. Hort. 9:130. 1843. 2 - Hogg. Fruit Man. 497. 1884. 



A dessert pear adapted to the climate of Scotland where in some districts it produces 

 immense crops of excellent fruit. Fruit small, obovate, yellow-green, sometimes tinged 

 with dull, dingy red on the side next the sun, almost entirely covered with thin, delicate 

 gray russet and thickly strewed with russety dots; flesh yellowish, buttery, juicy, perfumed; 

 good; Aug. and Sept. 

 Bequesne. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:220. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 497. 1884. 



The origin of this ancient pear is unknown, though Henri Heissen, a German author, 

 describing it in 1690 called it the Bequesne of Anjou. Fruit medium to rather large and 

 handsome, long-obtuse-pyriform; skin of a fine bright golden-yellow on the shaded side, 

 encrimsoned on the side next the sun, strewed all over with russet dots which give it a rough 

 feel; flesh white, dry, semi-breaking, sweet, slightly perfumed, gritty round the core; an 

 excellent cooking pear; Oct. to Jan. 



Bergamot de Chantilly. i. Brookshaw Pomona 2: PI. XLVIII. 1817. 2. Brookshaw 

 Hort. Reposit. 1:63, PI. 31. 1823. 



A variety known in Covent Garden Market, London, in 1823. The fruit was classed 

 as superior and fetched 9 pence apiece. Size medium, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow 

 with some blush on the side next the sun; flesh buttery, of excellent flavor; Sept., not a 

 keeping pear. 

 Bergamot Louvain. i. Mag. Hort. 21:185. l8 SS- 



Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with russet specks; on the sunny side the specks are 

 red, some blotches of russet; flesh white, tender, rather dry, with a pleasant flavor; Oct. 

 Bergamot Seckel. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 671. 1869. 



Raised by William Pitmaston, Eng. Fruit medium or below in size; roundish, regular; 

 color reddish-brown, dotted with russet; flesh white, juicv. sugary, having all the spicy 

 flavor of the Seckel. 

 Bergamot Winter, i. Langley Pomona 131, PI. 67. 1729. 



Included in Langley's list of the best kinds of pears in England in 1 729. Fruit medium, 

 globular-obtuse; Sept. 



Bergamote Arsene Sannier. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 174. 1889. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 

 343. 1908. 



