Sugar Top. Old and probably without value. Synonyms: Harvest, July Pear, Lowre's Bergamotte, Lowry's Bergamot, Prince's Sugar, Prince's Sugar Top. -- W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Pear, 1908.Sugar Top (of Robert Thompson, 1842). July Pear. Prince's Sugar, Prince's Sugar Top. The Sugar Top is one of those indifferent pears, which from their great productiveness and good appearance, make a figure in our markets, though not worthy of a place in a good garden. Great quantities of the Sugar Top pear may be seen in the New York markets in July. Fruit of medium size, very regular, roundish-top-shaped. Skin smooth, and very bright, clear yellow over the whole surface. Stalk stout, obliquely inserted, with a thickening at the point of junction. Calyx in a narrow basin. Flesh white, somewhat juicy and breaking, sweet, but with little flavour. Last of July. -- A.J. Downing, The fruits and fruit trees of America, 1846.