The pears of New York

by U. P. Hedrick

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, juicy, 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 pears in England in 1729. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse; Sept.

Bergamote Arsène Sannier. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 174. 1889. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 343. 1908.