Size - medium. Form - roundish. Calyx - closed, sunk in a moderately deep, coarsely furrowed basin. Color - dull green, coarsely dotted, with some russet patches, and occasionally with brownish red cheek. Flesh - fine grained, buttery, melting, and juicy. Flavor - very sweet and rich. Excellent Season - December to February. Class - "very good" - may prove "best" Very productive. Bears in clusters.

* Continued from January number.

Bergamotte D'Esperen #1

Tree - vigorous, somewhat thorny. Fruit - middle sized, Bergamot-shaped. Stalk - nearly an inch in length, slightly curved. Eye - in a shallow depression, surrounded with small knobby wrinkles. Skin - rough, green, becoming yellowish at maturity. Flesh - white, tinged with pale rose color, very fine, melting; juice abundant, sugary, and agreeably perfumed. Season - March and April. This delicious fruit is one of the many seedlings raised by Major Esperen".

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