Fruit medium, nearly round, greenish-yellow; flesh semi-melting, juicy; first; Sept. and Oct.
Bergamotte Dussart. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:39, fig. 1857. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 670. 1869.
Obtained at Jodoigne, Bel., by Dussart, a gardener; published in 1829. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow-ochre, with gray dots and traces of russet; flesh white, melting, juicy, vinous, sugary, acidulous and aromatic; first; Dec. to mid-Jan.
Bergamotte Espéren. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:75, fig. 1857.
Bergamotte d’Esperén. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 670. 1869.
Raised from seed about 1830 by Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel. Of his many pears this was the most valuable. It is a most delicious late pear and a good successor to Winter Nelis. Fruit medium, frequently above, round, flat at base, mammillate at summit, and often bossed near stalk; skin rough to the touch, dull greenish-yellow, dotted with russet, streaked with russet around the stalk and often marked with blackish stains; flesh yellowish, fine-grained, quite melting, very juicy and sugary, with a pleasant aroma; mid-Feb. to April.
Bergamotte Espéren Souvenir de Plantières. 1. Guide Prat. 83. 1895.
Produced by Simon-Louis Bros., nurserymen, Metz, Lorraine. The foliage of this variety is margined with yellow and does not scorch from the sun. The tree is not vigorous.
Bergamotte d’Été. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:161. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:237. 1867.
Summer Franc Réal. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 344, fig. 141. 1845.