452 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Friolet. See Cassolette, 



De Fus^e. See Cuisse Madame. 



Gagnee a Heuze. See Flemish Beauty. 



GALSTON MUIRFOWL'S EGG.— Fruit, below medium size; 

 short obovate, narrowing towards the stalk and the eye, where it is 

 flattened. Skin, greenish yellow, entirely covered with thin pale 

 brown russet, and mottled with red next the sun. Eye, open, with 

 short somewhat incurved segments, set in a wide, shallow basin. 

 Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a small close cavity, generally 

 with a swollen protuberance on one side. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 sweet, and juicy. 



An excellent Scotch pear with a peculiar aroma ; ripe in the end of 

 September. 



Gambler. See Passe Colmar. 



GANSEL'S BERGAMOT {Bonne Rouge; Brocas' Bergamot ; Dia- 

 mant ; Ourle's Beurre ; Ive's Bergamot ; Staunton). — Fruit, medium 

 sized, three inches wide, and two and a half to three inches long; 

 roundish, inclining to obovate, and flattened at the apex. Skin, 

 greenish yellow on the shaded side, and reddish brown next the sun, 

 the whole thickly strewed with russety dots and specks. Eye, small 

 and open, with broad ovate reflexed segments, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, short and fleshy, half an inch long, inserted in a round, very 

 shallow cavity, frequently between two bosses, or at least one. Flesh, 

 white, buttery, melting but gritty, very juicy, rich, sugary, and 

 aromatic, and having a strong musky flavour. 



A dessert pear of the highest merit ; ripe during October and 

 November. To have this delicious fruit in perfection, it is necessary 

 the tree should be planted against a south-east wall. 



The tree is a shy bearer during the first period of its growth, but 

 when it becomes aged it produces more abundantly, though the fruit is 

 of smaller size. To increase its fruitfulness, it has been recommended 

 to impregnate the flowers with the pollen of some other variety, such 

 as the Autumn Bergamot. 



It is generally believed that this variety was raised from seed of the Autumn 

 Bergamot by Lieut.-General Gansel, at his seat, Donneland Park, near Colchester, 

 in 1768, and this rests upon a communication to that effect from David Jebb, Esq., 

 of Worcester, nephew of General Gansel, to Mr. Williams, of Pitmastou. Mr. 

 Lindley says, " The Bonne Rouge of the French is evidently the same sort, and the 

 name must have been given it after its having been received from that country." 

 I am unwilling that any doubt should arise as to this esteemed favourite being a 

 native fruit j but when I find, by the manuscript catalogue of the Btompton Paik 

 Nursery, that both the Bonne Eouge and Brocas' Bergamot, which are acknow- 

 ledged synonymes of Gansel's Bergamot, were cultivated there in 1753, I am in- 

 clined to doubt the correctness of the above statement, and as this catalogue is the 

 earliest I have been able to procure of that nursery, it is possible that it was grown 

 there at a much earlier period under both of tliese names. 



GANSEL'S LATE BERGAMOT. -Fruit, exactly similar in shape 



