504 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Skin, greenish yellow when ripe, washed with brownish red on the 

 side next the sun, and marked with stripes of the same colour, the 

 whole covered with fine delicate cinnamon-coloured russet, sprinkled 

 with large grey dots. Eye, half open, placed in a wide and shallow 

 basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a deep cavity, with some- 

 times a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, white, tender, 

 buttery, and melting, somewhat gritty, but, when grown in a light, 

 warm, and slightly humid soil, it is rich and melting. 



A dessert fruit of good quality ; ripe in September. The tree is a 

 vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. It succeeds well as a 

 standard or pyramid ; and Diel says the fruit is better from an old 

 than a young tree. 



BERGAMOTTE SAGERET (Sagerei).Fruii, medium size, three 

 inches wide, and three and a quarter high ; roundish obovate, or some- 

 what turbinate. Skin, thick, yellowish green, thickly spotted with 

 large brown russet specks, which are more dense on the side next the 

 sun, and where they form large patches of russet, and occasionally with 

 a tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, large, wide, not open, 

 not depressed. Stalk, stout, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 in a cavity. Flesh, tender, melting, juicy, and sugary, with a pleasantly 

 perfumed flavour, but rather gritty towards the core. 



A good second-rate dessert pear ; ripe in the end of November, and 

 continuing in use during December and January. In France it is 

 regarded as superior to the Easter Beurre, but it has not proved to 

 be so with us. 



The tree is very vigorous and hardy, and forms a handsome pyramid, 

 succeeding well as a standard, either on the pear or the quince, but 

 much more productive on the latter. 



It was raised by M. Sageret, of Paris, about the year 1830. 



Bergamotte Sieulle. See Doyenne Sieulle. 

 Bergamotte de Strycker. See Bergamotte Destryker. 



BERGAMOTTE DE SOULERS (Bonne de Soulers). Fruit, rather 

 large, three inches and a quarter long by two and three-quarters wide ; 

 obovate, or oval. Skin, smooth and shining, pale yellow, with a 

 tinge of brownish red on the side next the sun, and covered with green 

 and brown dots, some of which are rather large, and with a patch of 

 russet round the stalk. Eye, open, with short hard segments, and 

 set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and inserted in a 

 close and narrow cavity between two fleshy swellings. Flesh, white, 

 tender, and melting, with an agreeable, sugary, and somewhat musky 

 flavour. 



An old French dessert pear, too tender for this climate, and considered 

 only of second-rate quality. It is ripe during January and February. 



The tree is tender, and subject to canker, but is a good bearer, and 



