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covered with large, pale, brown-russet dots, with patches of russet around the calyx and 

 stalk; flesh yellowish-white, fairly juicy, rather gritty, with a brisk but not rich flavor; 

 quality inferior; late Oct. 

 Bergamotte de la Cour. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. 0bstkunde2 176. 1856. 



Belgian, 1S28. Fruit fairly large, globular-flattened, uneven in form, light green 

 turning to light lemon-yellow, often rather blushed with brownish-red on the sunny side, 

 without any scent; flesh melting, delicate, very juicy; very good for the table, second for 

 kitchen. 



Bergamotte de Darmstadt. 1. Guide Prat. 76, 236. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:2;, 

 fig. 205. 1879. 



Germany. Probably it obtained its name from having been raised in the suburbs 

 of the city of Darmstadt. Fruit rather small or nearly medium, globular or globular- 

 cylindrical, and equally obtuse at both ends, yellow-green all over; flesh buttery, juicy, 

 with a Bergamot scent; first; Nov. 

 Bergamotte de Donauer. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:119, fig. 252. 1S79. 



This pear was found in a garden in the suburbs of Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Ger. 

 Fruit medium or large, globular-obtuse, sometimes a little conical, and often somewhat 

 irregular in outline, very light green, dotted with fine points and with some brown-yellow 

 spread around the summit and the calyx; flesh white, half -fine, buttery or half-butterv, 

 juicy, sweet, a little vinous; quality only second; Sept. 

 Bergamotte Double. 1. Guide Prat. 83, 236. 1876. 



Fruit medium, nearly round, greenish-yellow; flesh semi-melting, juicy; first; Sept. 

 and Oct. 



Bergamotte Dussart. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 6:39, fig. 1857. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 670. 1869. 



Obtained at Jodoigne, Bel., by Dussart, a gardener; published in 1829. Fruit 

 medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow-ochre, with gray dots and traces of russet; flesh white, 

 melting, juicy, vinous, sugary, acidulous and aromatic; first; Dec. to mid-Jan. 

 Bergamotte Esperen. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 5:75, fig. 1857. 



Bergamotte d'Esperen. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Ant. 670. 1869. 



Raised from seed about 1830 by Major Esperen, Mechlin, Bel. Of his many pears 

 this was the most valuable. It is a most delicious late pear and a good successor to Winter 

 Nelis. Fruit medium, frequently above, round, flat at base, mammillate at summit, and 

 often bossed near stalk; skin rough to the touch, dull greenish-yellow, dotted with russet, 

 streaked with russet around the stalk and often marked with blackish stains; flesh yellowish, 

 fine-grained, quite melting, very juicy and sugary, with a pleasant aroma ; mid-Feb. to April. 

 Bergamotte Esperen Souvenir de Plantieres. 1. Guide Prat. 83. 1895. 



Produced by Simon-Louis Bros., nurserymen, Metz, Lorraine. The foliage of this 

 variety is margined with yellow and does not scorch from the sun. The tree is not 

 vigorous. 



Bergamotte d ? Ete. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:161. 1768. 2. Leroy Diet. Potn. 

 1:237. 1867. 



Summer Franc Real. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 344, fig. 141. 1845. 



