AUTUMN PEARS. 367 



Fig. 156. Gansd's BergamoL 



russet. Stalk short, fleshy at both ends. Cavity moderate. 

 Calyx short and small, placed in a smooth, moderate hollow. 

 Flesh white, melting, very juicy, rich, sweet and aromatic. 

 Ripens during all September. 



74. BERGAMOTTE SUISSE. O. Duh. Lind. 

 Swiss Bergaraot. Lind. 



A very pretty, roundish, striped pear, which is a handsome ad- 

 dition to the dessert, and occasionally, when it ripens late, it is 

 juicy, melting and excellent, but it is frequently of indifferent 

 flavour. The tree is, with us, one of the strongest and most 

 vigorous, and bears well. Branches striped. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, a little inclined to turbinate. 

 Skin smooth, pale green, striped with yellow and pale red. Flesh 

 melting, juicy, sweet and pleasant. October. 



75. BERGAMOTTE CADETTE. O. Duh. Thomp. 



Beurre Beauchamps. Poire de Cadet. 



Beauchamps. Ognonet, (incorrectly, of tome.) 



A very good Bergamot from France, not, by any means, 



