272 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Bergamotte d’Eté is of ancient and unknown origin. Le Lectier wrote of it in 1628 
as cultivated under the name of Milan de la Bewveriére. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate 
or globular, bossed, narrowed towards the top which is usually mammillate, pale green 
slightly yellowish on the shaded side and tinted with tender rose color on the cheek exposed 
to the sun, and dotted all over with fawn; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting, rarely very 
gritty; juice abundant, rather tart, saccharine, with a very savory flavor; first; Aug. and 
Sept. 
Bergamotte d’été de Lubeck. 1. Guide Prat. 83, 237. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:97, 
fig. 337. 1880. 
This variety is very much grown in the environs of Lubeck, Ger. Fruit medium, 
nearly round, color at first of a water-green, nearly covered with a russet of gray-brown; 
when ripening the russet brightens and some dots of whitish-gray become visible; flesh 
yellowish-white, fine, compact, buttery, rather gritty near the core, sugary and juicy; 
first; Aug. and Sept. 
Bergamotte Fertile. 1. Guide Prat. 83, 237. 1876. 
A Van Mons seedling; Belgium, 1828. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, symmetrical, 
uniform light lemon-yellow all over, russeted; skin scentless; flesh granular, melting, sweet, 
aromatic; second for dessert, first for kitchen and market; late Sept. 
Bergamotte la Gantoise. 1. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 
Raised from seed of the Bergamotte Espéren, which it surpasses in size and quality, 
by Dervaes Bros., Wetteren, Bel. Fruit large, generally round; color green sprinkled with 
brown dots, passing into yellow on ripening; flesh white, very melting, juicy, slightly 
perfumed; first; Feb. and Mar. 
Bergamotte Heimbourg. 1. Mag. Hort. 21:189. 1855. 2. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 159, 
fig. 176. 1866-73. 
A seedling of Van Mons. Reported for the first time in 1847. Fruit medium, 
globular-conic; skin rough to the touch, olive-yellow, dotted, veined and stained with 
russet and slightly washed with pale red on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, 
fine, melting, rather gritty at center; juice sufficient, acidulous, sugary, delicately per- 
fumed; first; Oct. 
Bergamotte Hérault. 1. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 151, fig. 
19006. 
Obtained from seed in 1860 by M. A. Hérault, Angers, Fr. First fruited in 1870. 
Fruit large, altho sometimes only medium in size, irregular roundish-obconic and angular 
in outline; stem short to medium, thick and fleshy, usually obliquely inserted in cavity; 
calyx small, open or semi-closed; skin rather glossy, pale yellow, dotted with red; flesh 
whitish, slightly gritty at the center, fine-grained, melting, juicy, sweet, with delicate 
aroma; very good; Dec. and Jan. 
Bergamotte Hertrich. 1. Guide Prat. 61, 237. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:7, fig. 292. 
1880. 3. Jour. Hori. 3rd Ser. 2:43, fig. 9. 188r. 
Raised from seed of Fortunée by Herr Hertrich, a merchant at Colmar, Ger. It 
fruited first in 1853 and was placed in commerce in 1858. Fruit below medium, Bergamot- 
shaped, inclining to roundish-turbinate or obovate, even in outline, furrowed at stalk, 
