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THE FLORIST AND P0M0L0GIST. 
BERGAMOTTE DE MILLEPIEDS. 
Fruit about medium size, 2f inches long and 2^ broad, obovate, uneven in 
its outline, and considerably furrowed and knobbed round the eye. Skin, 
when ripe, of a deep lemon 
yellow colour, sprinkled all 
over with large russet dots, 
and with an aurora glow on 
the side next the sun. Eye 
small, closed, and deeply 
sunk, having narrow pointed 
segments. Stalk an inch long, 
stout, and woody, placed 
rather on one side of the 
fruit, and with the flesh 
rising higher on one side 
than the other. Flesh tender, 
buttery, and melting, fine¬ 
grained, richly flavoured. 
A delicious Pear, ripe in 
the end of October. It was 
raised by M. Goubault, of 
Angers, and I am indebted 
for it to M. Andre Leroy, of 
that city, who has been good 
enough to furnish me with 
many of the finest fruits 
recently produced in France. 
BERGAMOTTE REI- 
NETTE.— Boisb. 
Identification. —Boisb. in 
Bulletins d’Hort. Rouen. Liron 
Bergamotte de Millepieds. d Air. Not. Pom. ii. 26. 
Fruit small, 2A inches 
wide and the same in height, Bergamot-shaped. Skin at first bright green, 
marked with large russet patches, but changing to yellow as it ripens. Eye 
small and closed, with narrow segments, placed in a pretty deep uneven basin. 
Stalk half an inch long, stout, inserted in a rather deep irregular cavity. Flesh 
half-tender, with an abundant sweet juice, which has a brisk acidity, like a 
Reinette Apple : hence its name. 
A dessert Pear, of second-rate quality, ripe in the second week of Sep 
tember. 
The.tree was raised by M. Boisbunel fils, of Rouen, and first produced 
fruit in 1857. It is vigorous, and an abundant bearer, and has a pyramidal 
habit. 
BERGAMOTTE ROUGE.— Buh. 
Identification. —Duh. Arb. Fruit, ii. 162. Calvel. Traite. ii. 314. Lindl. 
Guide, 334. 
Synonymes. —Crasanne d’ete, Acc. Duhamel. Bergamotte Crasanne d’ete, Bavay 
Cat. 1852. 19. Rothe Bergamotte, Diet Kernobst. i. 1. 
Figure. —Dull. Arb. Fruit, ii. pi. xix. f. 6. 
Fruit small, 2f inches broad and 2 high, oblate, flattened at the apex, and 
tapering obtusely from the middle towards the stalk. Skin greenish yellow 
