268 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Distributed by Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. Y., about 1850 as a new foreign 
variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish-yellow with brown cheek, dull russet 
marblings and indistinct brown specks; flesh breaking, juicy, rather astringent; requires 
careful ripening; Feb. to April. 
Benoit Caroli. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 
Introduced by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., asa new variety in 1895. Fruit medium 
yellow, finely dotted, washed with reddish-brown on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh 
white, greenish toward the upper part, buttery, almost melting, saccharine and pleasantly 
perfumed; Dec. 
Bensell. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:34. 1908. 
Originated by a Mr. Bensell, Philadelphia. Fruit large, globular, yellow; flesh buttery, 
sweet, juicy, acidulous; late. 
Benvie. 1. Mag. Hort.g:130. 1843. 2. Hogg. Fruit Man. 497. 1884. 
A dessert pear adapted to the climate of Scotland where in some districts it produces 
immense crops of excellent fruit. Fruit small, obovate, yellow-green, sometimes tinged 
with dull, dingy red on the side next the sun, almost entirely covered with thin, delicate 
gray russet and thickly strewed with russety dots; flesh yellowish, buttery, juicy, perfumed; 
good; Aug. and Sept. 
Béquesne. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:220. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 497. 1884. 
The origin of this ancient pear is unknown, though Henri Heissen, a German author, 
describing it in 1690 called it the Béquesne of Anjou. Fruit medium to rather large and 
handsome, long-obtuse-pyriform; skin of a fine bright golden-yellow on the shaded side, 
encrimsoned on the side next the sun, strewed all over with russet dots which give it a rough 
feel; flesh white, dry, semi-breaking, sweet, slightly perfumed, gritty round the core; an 
excellent cooking pear; Oct. to Jan. 
Bergamot de Chantilly. 1. Brookshaw Pomona 2:Pl. XLVIII. 1817. 2. Brookshaw 
Hort. Reposit. 1:63, Pl. 31. 1823. 
A variety known in Covent Garden Market, London, in 1823. The fruit was classed 
as superior and fetched 9 pence apiece. Size medium, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow 
with some blush on the side next the sun; flesh buttery, of excellent flavor; Sept., not a 
keeping pear. 
Bergamot Louvain. 1. Mag. Hort. 21:185. 1855. 
Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with russet specks; on the sunny side the specks are 
red, some blotches of russet; flesh white, tender, rather dry, with a pleasant flavor; Oct. 
Bergamot Seckel. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 671. 1869. 
Raised by William Pitmaston, Eng. Fruit medium or below in size; roundish, regular; 
color reddish-brown, dotted with russet; flesh white, juicv. sugary, having all the spicy 
flavor of the Seckel. 
Bergamot Winter. 1. Langley Pomona 131, Pl. 67. 1729. 
Included in Langley’s list of the best kinds of pearsin Englandin 1729. Fruit medium, 
globular-obtuse; Sept. 
Bergamote Arséné Sannier. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 174. 1889. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 
343. 1908. 
