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Bergamotte Pr^coee. See Early Bergamot. 

 Bergamotte Eay^e. See Bergamotte Suisse. 

 Bergamotte de Eecons. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 



BERGAMOTTE REINETTE.— Fruit, smaU, two inches and a half 

 wide and the same in height ; Bergamot-shaped. Skin, at first bright 

 green, marked with large russet patches, but changing to yellow as it 

 ripens. Eye, small and closed, with narrow segments, placed in a 

 pretty deep uneven basin. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, inserted in 

 a rather deep irregtdar cavity. Flesh, half- tender, with an abundant 

 sweet juice, which has a brisk acidity, like a Reinette Apple : hence its 

 name. 



A dessert pear, of second-rate quality ; ripe in the second week of 

 September. The tree is vigorous, and an abundant bearer, and has a 

 pyramidal habit. 



It was raised by M. Boisbunel flis, of Rouen, and first produced fruit in 1857. 



Bergamotte Ronde d'Automne. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 



BERGAMOTTE ROUGE {Bothe Bergamotte).— Fruit, small, two 

 inches and three-quarters broad and two inches high ; oblate, flattened 

 at the apex, and taperiug obtusely from the middle towards the stalk. 

 Skin, greenish yellow when ripe, washed with brownish red on the 

 side next the sun, and marked with stripes of the same colour, the 

 whole covered with fine delicate cinnamon-coloured russet, sprinkled 

 with large grey dots. Eye, half open, placed in a wide and shallow 

 basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a deep cavity, with some- 

 times a fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, white, tender, 

 buttery, and melting, somewhat gi'itty, but, when grown in a light, 

 warm, and slightly humid soil, it is rich and melting. 



A dessert fruit, of good quahty ; ripe in September. The tree is a 

 vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. It succeeds well as a 

 standard or pyramid ; and Piel says the fruit is better from an old 

 than a young tree. 



BERGAMOTTE SAGERET {Sageret).-~Frmt, medium sized, three 

 inches wide and three and a quarter high ; roundish obovate, or some- 

 what turbinate. Skin, thick, yellowish green, thickly spotted with 

 large brown russet specks, which are more dense on the side next the 

 sun, and where they form large patches of russet, and occasionally with 

 a tinge of red on the side next the sun. Eye, large, wide, not open, 

 not depressed. Stalk, stout, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 in a cavity. Flesh, tender, melting, juicy, and sugary, with a plea- 

 santly perfumed flavour, but rather gritty towards the core. 



A good second-rate dessert pear ; ripe in the end of November, and 

 continuing in use during December and January. In France it is 

 regarded as superior to the Easter Beurre, but it has not proved to 

 be so with us. 



The tree is very vigorous and hardy, and forms a handsome pyramid, 



