Fruit small, oblong; skin rough to the touch, yellowish-green on the shaded side, and of a “pleasant red” next the sun; flesh breaking and perfumed; end of Aug.
Muscatelle. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:448, fig. 1869.
One of the last gains of Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., who died in 1847. Fruit small, nearly globular or globular-conic, at first water-green dotted with numerous round points brown in color, changing to lemon-yellow; flesh yellowish, transparent, semi- or nearly melting, full of sugary juice strongly scented with musk; first; Feb. and Mar.
Musette d’Anjou. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:446, fig. 1869.
Claude Saint-Étienne wrote of this pear briefly in 1687, being the first writer to mention it. Probably it originated in the old province of Anjou. Its name and form recall the rural bag-pipes which the Breton country folk play, and dance to. Fruit below medium, very elongated, flattened at its extremities, constricted at the middle, the upper part being often bent so as to make it resemble the musical instrument after which it is named, lemon-yellow or yellow-ochre, dotted uniformly with gray and brown points; flesh white, coarse and breaking, watery and gritty; juice sufficient, rarely very saccharine, more or less astringent, slightly perfumed, and with a disagreeable after-taste; third; Sept.
Musette de Nancy. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 621. 1884.
Fruit large, pyramidal and handsome, with an uneven and undulating outline, shaped like Beurré de Rance, lemon-yellow covered with a fine, warm, orange-brown or bright cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, rather crisp like the texture of Passe Colmar; juice abundant, rich, saccharine and very finely perfumed; first; end of Oct. and beginning of Nov.
Muskateller-Bergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:21. 1856.
Origin uncertain, probably German. Fruit small, globular, light grass-green changing to yellowish-green, uniform in color, washed with brown on the side exposed to the sun, strongly dotted with brown; flesh melting, extremely musky; first for the table; Oct.
Muskingum. 1. Cole Am. Fr. Book 153. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 819. 1869.