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BERGAMOT SECKLE. 
Under No. 13 we published the Seckle Pear, to which the 
present new variety, derived from it, is fully equal ; and by 
those who are partial to a little of the musky flavour common 
to some of the Flemish Pears, will be even preferred. The 
peculiar perfume, as well as its more globular shape, has been 
given to it by Gansell’s Bergamot, the pollen of which was 
used for the fertilization of the flowers of the Seckle. Several 
other admirable varieties have been raised by Mr. Williams, 
from crosses between the Bergamot and other first-rate Pears, 
which we hope, hereafter, through the liberality of their pro- 
pagator, to make known to our readers. 
In this variety we find the eye small, open; the calyx-lohes 
nearly erect, sunk in a wider hasin than that of the Seckle, 
and without its little prominent puckerings. Stem short, 
and thick. Its external colour, when fit for table, early in 
November, the time our drawing was made, is yellowish; the 
exposed side a brownish red, less bright than the Seckle, and 
its whole surface less smooth and clear; being finely speckled, 
and sometimes having a little thin russet dispersed, in small 
patches, over some parts. Flesh yellowish white, melting, 
juicy, and sugary. The Seckle possesses the aroma of the 
Swan Egg, highly concentrated, so does our present admirable 
Pear, but varied by the addition of a little of the musky aroma 
of Gansell’s Bergamot. It may be kept till it becomes a ball 
of almost liquid nectar. The tree has hitherto been grown 
only as a standard; against a wall, however, the fruit would, 
doubtless, be larger, but whether its flavour would be improved 
can only be ascertained by experience ; we believe it would 
not. 
