Rote Bergamotte

Variety of European pear · Pyrus communis

Old, hardy bergamot pear (from 1588) with a wine-tart, mild-bitter melting flesh.

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Taste & characteristics

Taste

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Profile

Pollination: self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

Flowering & harvest

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Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Roundish, fairly small fruit, russet-red when fully ripe; soft, melting, juicy, wine-acidic and slightly tart, with a light muscat aroma and often red-streaked flesh.

Growth

Strong growth; a typical orchard variety.

Yield

Cropping starts early and is regular.

Notes

Only a dessert pear in good years, otherwise for preserving or hard-ripe juice. Very old variety (first mentioned 1588), now rare, on the NRW list of proposed old orchard varieties. No special warmth needs, tolerates drier soils; grows in mountain sites above 400 m. Pick mid September to early October, ready to use November, keeps about 2 months. Generally disease-resistant.

Care

Undemanding orchard variety; thin the tall-trunk crown regularly, otherwise little care needed.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species European pear unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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