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flavour ; but will be mealy if kept too long upon the 

 tree. 



Ripe the middle of September, and by gathering 

 at different times, may be kept five weeks. Its season 

 generally terminates with the commencement of the 

 Autumn Bergamot. 



In 1812, the original tree, about 170 years of age, was 

 standing in an orchard in the parish of Elton, in Here- 

 fordshire, from whence it received its name from Mr. 

 Knight, who thinks it may remain in health three cen- 

 turies, as it is now in a very vigorous state of growth. 

 It is much better as an open standard than if cultivated 

 against a wall. 



52. GANSEL'S BERGAMOT. Hooker, Pom.Lond. IJ. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 35. 



Brocas Bergamot. Of some English Nurseries. 



Ives's Bergamot. Of the Norwich Gardens. 



Bonne Rouge. Of the French Gardens. 



Fruit ovate, very much flattened at the crown, of a 

 very regular figure, quite destitute of angles, about 

 three inches deep, and three inches and a half in 

 diameter. Eye small, with a very short calyx. Stalk 

 short and fleshy, thickening on the back of its bent part. 

 Skin dull brown, like that of the Brown Beurre, a little 

 marked with dashes of a deeper colour. Flesh white, 

 melting, very sweet, rich, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the middle of November, and will keep good a 

 month. 



This most excellent Pear is a native of our own 

 country, as appears by a letter from David Jebb, Esq., 

 of Worcester, to John Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, in 

 1818, in which he says, " the Gansel's Bergamot was 

 obtained from a seed of the Autumn Bergamot, by his 

 uncle, Lieutenant- General Gansel, at his seat at Donne* 

 land Hill, near Colchester, about half a century ago, 

 namely, in 1768." The Bonne Rouge of the French is 



