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THE FBUIT MANUAI,. 



BEEGAMOTTE LE8ELBE.— Fruit, below medium size, two 

 inches and a half broad and the same in height ; Bergamot- shaped. Skiui 

 dark green at first, but changing as it ripens to golden yellow, speckled 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet, and strewed with darker brown dots, 

 particularly towards the eye, and tinged with a crimson blush on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, open, clove-like, with short segments, set in a 

 wide and irregular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, inserted on 

 the extremity of the fruit without depression, and with several fleshy 

 folds at its base. Flesh, white, coarse-grained, half melting, very 

 juicy, and nicely perfumed. 



A second-rate pear, hardly worth cultivating ; ripe in the first or 

 second week in October. 



The tree wag raised by M. Les^be, in a vineyard on the estate of Lochefuret, 

 near Tours, and first produced fruit in 1843. 



Bergamotte Marbree. See Bergamotte Suisse. 



BEEGAMOTTE MICO.— Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and three-quarters broad, and the same in height ; roundish, and not 

 unlike a small Easter Beurre. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with 

 freckles and dots of cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, closed, with 

 rather long awl-shaped segments, like those of Easter Beurre, and set 

 in a shallow depression. Stalk, half an inch long, rather stout, and 

 placed in a narrow round cavity. Flesh, coarse-grained, gritty, and 

 without much flavour. 



An inferior pear; ripe in the end of November, when it becomes 

 mealy. 



BEEGAMOTTE DE MILLEPIEDS.— Fruit, about medium size, 

 two inches and three-quarters long, and two inches and a half broad ; 

 obovate, uneven in its outhne, and considerably furrowed and knobbed 

 round the eye. Skin, when ripe, of a deep lemon-yeUow colour, 

 sprinkled all over with large russet dots, and with an aurora glow on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, small, closed, and deeply sunk, having 

 narrow pointed segments. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and woody, 

 plased rather on one side of the fruit, and with the flesh rising higher 

 on one side than the other. Flesh, tender, buttery, and melting, fine- 

 grained, richly flavoured. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in the end of October. 



It was raised by M. Goubault, of Angers, and I am indebted for it to M. Andre 

 Leroy, of that city, who has been good enough to furnish me with many of the 

 finest fruits recently produced in France. 



Bergamotte Ordinaire. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 

 Bergamotte Panach6e. See Bergamotte Suisse. 

 Bergamotte de Paques. See Easter Bergamot. 

 Bergamotte de Paysans. See Hampden's Bergamot. 

 Bergamotte de la Pentec6te. See Eastei- Beurre. 



