| Title: | Bergamot oranges |
| Original Title: | Bergamottes |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 208 |
| Author: | Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
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| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Bergamot oranges." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.782>. Trans. of "Bergamottes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph. "Bergamot oranges." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.782 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Bergamottes," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:208 (Paris, 1752). |
Bergamot oranges. It is claimed that the bergamot orange originated with an Italian who grafted a lemon branch on to the stem of a bergamot pear, with the result that its fruit has the qualities, virtues, and properties of both lemons and pears. Bergamots are oranges which do indeed differ from other oranges and have a more pleasant aroma. They are often called ‘citrons’. [1]
Notes
1. The citron is Citrus medica, while the bergamot is Citrus aurantium subspecies bergamia. See articles: Bigaradier, Citron.