PLATE LI 11 . 
4. BERGAMOTTE SUISSE. 
[Syn : Bergamotte Suisse Ronde; Bergamotte Panachee; Bergamotte Marbree; Bonte 
Bergamotte ; Bergamotte Rayie ; Schweizerbergamotte , Swiss Bergamot.'] 
An old French dessert pear whose early history is lost. 
Description. —Fruit : medium sized, roundish and flattened, somewhat inclining to turbinate. 
Skin : smooth and beautifully striped with green and yellow, and faintly tinged with red when it is 
exposed to the sun. Eye : open, placed in a round shallow basin. Stalk : three quarters of an 
inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh : white, melting and buttery, with a sugary and 
perfumed flavour. 
It is a very pretty variety on the table, but is only of second quality. It is in season in 
October. 
The tree in rich soil is a vigorous grower, and an excellent bearer; but unless grown in a 
favourable situation it is liable to canker. It succeeds well either on the pear or quince, but requires 
a wall in this climate to bring the fruit to perfection. Poiteau considers this pear a variegated 
variety of Bergamotte D’Automne which in all probability it is. 
