Orange Musquée. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:140, Pl. X. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 1884.
Müskierte Pomeranzenbirne. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 255. 1889.
This is an old pear of uncertain origin, though probably French or Italian. Fruit medium, globular, more or less bossed, flattened at both ends though sometimes rather conic and obtuse at the top; smooth skin punctured like an orange, yellow-green changing to fine lemon, with a lively red next the sun but rather variable; flesh white, coarse, breaking, gritty at center; juice not very abundant, rather saccharine, sweet, possessing a musky flavor and perfume; quality variable, on the whole, good; end of Aug.
Orange Rouge. 1. Duhamel Trait Arb. Fr. 2:141. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:486, fig. 1869.
Red Orange. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 636. 1884.
An old variety of obscure origin. Henri Manger wrote in 1783 that it appeared to him to be the Favonianum Rubrum mentioned by Pliny, but it appears according to M. Leroy more likely to have originated at Poitiers, and to be the Rousette or Orange du Poitou or Poire de Poitiers. Fruit medium, round, even, regular or inclining to turbinate; skin thick, clear grayish-yellow, clouded with green on the shaded side, sprinkled with pale gray dots and extensively washed and streaked with a lively dark red; flesh whitish, semi-fine; juice abundant, more or less saccharine, acidulous and musky; second, often third; end of Aug.
Orange Tulipée. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:202, Pl. XLI. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 488, fig. 1869.
An old French pear grown in the south of France and sold in Paris at a very low price. It is known to have been cultivated for some three centuries, but is not worth growing today. Described in the Jardinier François in 1665. Fruit medium and often below, globular-ovate, or turbinate-rounded, with one side larger than the other; skin thick and rough, yellow-green, sprinkled with large, gray, scaly dots, and well colored with red-brown on the side next the sun, and numerous carmine streaks and marks on the other side; flesh white, semi-fine and semi-melting, more or less granular around the core; juice sufficient, saccharine, slightly astringent, with a slight perfume of fennel; third; Sept.
Orange de Vienne. 1. Guide Prat. 101. 1876.