This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
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.
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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