Introduced by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., as a new variety in 1895. Fruit medium yellow, finely dotted, washed with reddish-brown on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh white, greenish toward the upper part, buttery, almost melting, saccharine and pleasantly perfumed; Dec. =Bensell. 1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:34. 1908. Originated by a Mr. Bensell, Philadelphia. Fruit large, globular, yellow; flesh buttery, sweet, juicy, acidulous; late. =Benvie. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:130. 1843. =2.= Hogg. _Fruit Man._ 497. 1884. A dessert pear adapted to the climate of Scotland where in some districts it produces immense crops of excellent fruit. Fruit small, obovate, yellow-green, sometimes tinged with dull, dingy red on the side next the sun, almost entirely covered with thin, delicate gray russet and thickly strewed with russety dots; flesh yellowish, buttery, juicy, perfumed; good; Aug. and Sept. =Béquesne. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:220. 1867. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 497. 1884. The origin of this ancient pear is unknown, though Henri Heissen, a German author, describing it in 1690 called it the _Béquesne of Anjou_. Fruit medium to rather large and handsome, long-obtuse-pyriform; skin of a fine bright golden-yellow on the shaded side, encrimsoned on the side next the sun, strewed all over with russet dots which give it a rough feel; flesh white, dry, semi-breaking, sweet, slightly perfumed, gritty round the core; an excellent cooking pear; Oct. to Jan. =Bergamot de Chantilly. 1.= Brookshaw _Pomona_ =2=:Pl. XLVIII. 1817. =2.= Brookshaw _Hort. Reposit._ =1=:63, Pl. 31. 1823. A variety known in Covent Garden Market, London, in 1823. The fruit was classed as superior and fetched 9 pence apiece. Size medium, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow with some blush on the side next the sun; flesh buttery, of excellent flavor; Sept., not a keeping pear. =Bergamot Louvain. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =21=:185. 1855. Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with russet specks; on the sunny side the specks are red, some blotches of russet; flesh white, tender, rather dry, with a pleasant flavor; Oct. =Bergamot Seckel. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 671. 1869. Raised by William Pitmaston, Eng. Fruit medium or below in size; roundish, regular; color reddish-brown, dotted with russet; flesh white, juicy, sugary, having all the spicy flavor of the Seckel. =Bergamot Winter. 1.= Langley _Pomona_ 131, Pl. 67. 1729. Included in Langley's list of the best kinds of pears in England in 1729. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse; Sept. =Bergamote Arsène Sannier. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 174. 1889. =2.= Baltet _Cult. Fr._ 343. 1908. Probably of French origin. Fruit medium or rather large, globular-oblate, or onion-shaped, water-green clearing on maturity to Indian-yellow, clouded with ochre; flesh fine, melting, juicy, saccharine, slightly acidulous, with a characteristic aroma; first; Jan. to Mar. =Bergamote d'Automne Panachée. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:225, fig. 1867.