Bergamotte de Jodoigne. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:246, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 502. 1884.
Raised from seed by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., in 1853. Fruit below medium or small, Bergamot-shaped, slightly mammillate at the summit, flat at base, yellow, sprinkled all over with russet dots, the yellow passing to orange on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, rather gritty at center, juicy, sweet, and with an agreeable perfume; its greatest merit is its long keeping; Mar. to May.
Bergamotte Klinkhardt. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:149, fig. 459. 1880.
Raised by Van Mons and entered in his catalog for 1823. Fruit small or medium, globular-ovoid, sometimes ovoid-pyriform, usually a little irregular in outline; skin slightly thin and tender, dull green with some indistinct dots, traces of russet irregularly disposed, but more condensed about the base and summit; flesh white, rather fine, buttery, melting, with abundant sugary and perfumed juice; first class except that it ripens too quickly; early Oct.
Bergamotte Laffay. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:157, fig. 175. 1878.
Origin uncertain, though it is not unlikely that it was raised by M. Laffay, a nurseryman at Paris. Fruit small or nearly medium, globular-ovate-obtuse, green, sprinkled with very numerous small, dark-green spots; flesh white, tinged with green, fine, melting, a little gritty at the center, full of juice, saccharine, acidulous, wanting in perfume; second, but keeps well; all winter.
Bergamotte Lesèble. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:246, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:47, fig. 120. 1878.
A chance seedling found in a vineyard by Narcisse Lesèble, President of the Horticultural Society of Tours, Fr., in 1843. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, swelled, obtuse, bossed at summit, golden-yellow, dotted with fawn, showing some russet markings and lightly washed with pale rose on the side turned to the sun; flesh whitish, rather coarse, melting, slightly gritty around the core; juice extremely abundant, sugary, agreeably perfumed leaving an after-flavor of anis; first; Oct.
Bergamotte Liabaud. 1. Guide Prat. 86. 1895.
Obtained by M. Liabaud. On trial with Simon-Louis Bros. of Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit above medium, globular-flattened, yellow-green, washed with gray-fawn on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, saccharine, vinous; Nov. and Dec.