866 THE PEAR. 



72. BERGAMOT, AUTUMN. Mill. Lind. Thomp. 



English Bergamot. 



York Bergamot. 



Common Bergamot, (of England.) 



English Autumn Bergamot. 



The Autumn Bergamot is one of the oldest of pears, being 

 supposed by pomologists to have been in England since the 

 time of Julius Csesar. It is believed by Manger to be of Turk- 

 ish origin, and originally to have been called Begarmoud, 

 princely pear from the Turkish, beg, or bey, and armoud, a pear. 

 Since that time, the standard of excellence has risen much 

 higher, and the title could, with more justice, be applied to the 

 following variety than to this. The Autumn Bergamot bears 

 well with us, and is of good flavour, but it is going out of culti- 

 vation, though the tree is thrifty, and bears well. 



Fruit rather small, roundish and flattened. Skin roughish 

 green, dotted with rough gray specks, and often with a faint or 

 dull brown cheek. Stalk short, about half an inch long, stout, 

 inserted in a wide, round hollow. Calyx small, set in a shallow 

 smooth basin. Flesh greenish-white, coarse-grained at the core, 

 juicy, sugary and rich. September. 



The BERGAMOTTE D'AUTOMNE of the French, is a distinct fruit 

 from this, usually more pyramidal ; the skin smooth, light yel- 

 lowish-green, with a brownish red cheek, and speckled with 

 small, grayish dots. Stalk nearly an inch long, set in a slight 

 cavity. Calyx very slightly depressed. Flesh breaking, juicy, 

 and refreshing, but not high flavoured. A second rate fruit, 

 though of fine appearance. 



73. BERGAMOT, GANSEL'S. P. Mag. Thomp. Lind 



Brocas Bergamot. Coxe. Bonne Rouge. 



Ives' Bergamot. Gurle's Beurr6. 



Staunton. Diamunt. 



Gansel's Bergamot is a well known and delicious pear, raised 

 seventy-seven years ago, from a seed of the Autumn Berga- 

 mot, by the English Lieut. General Gansel, of Donneland 

 Hall. Though a little coarse-grained, it is, in its perfection, 

 scarcely surpassed by any other pear in its peculiarly rich, su- 

 gary flavour, combined with great juiciness. It is stated, by 

 some, to be an unfruitful sort, and it is, in poor, or cold soils, 

 only a thin bearer, but we know a very large tree near us, in a 

 warm, rich soil, which frequently bears a dozen bushels of su- 

 perb fruit. The mealy leaves, and spreading, dark gray shoots, 

 distinguish this tree. 



Fruit large, roundish-obovate, but much flattened. Skin 

 roughish brown, becoming yellowish-brown at maturity, tinged 

 sometimes with a russet red cheek, and sprinkled with spots of 



