Raised in 1864 by M. Jean Colland, Vienne, Fr., and first distributed in 1874, this pear has been the recipient of several awards of merit. Tree vigorous, heavy-cropper, pyramidal. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, rather irregular, greenish-yellow, with russet patches, often blushed with red; calyx open; core small; seeds usually imperfect; flesh white, melting, juicy; flavor rich, sweet, spicy; very good; Sept. and early Oct.
Trompetenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde. 2:140. 1856.
Poire Trompette. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:97, fig. 49. 1872.
Diel obtained this variety at Schaumburg, Westphalia, but it appears to have originated at Nassau, Prussia. Published in 1805. Fruit medium, pyriform-conic, often irregular in form and uneven on the surface; skin rather thick and firm, light green changing to light yellow, covered with numerous small, round, brown spots and on the side next the sun blushed with wine-red; flesh whitish, semi-melting, granular; juice sufficient in quantity, very vinous but a little too astringent; third for dessert, first for household; Oct.
Troppauer Goldgelbe Sommermuskatellerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:41. 1856.
Troppauer Muskateller. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 291. 1889.
Said to have originated about 1851 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria. Fruit medium large, roundish, regular, bright yellow, frequently strongly russeted, flecked and dotted with brown; stem thin, medium long; flesh coarse, very sweet and somewhat musky; Aug.
Truchsess. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:20. 1856.
Dochnahl credits this pear with having originated from seed in Dietz on the Lahn River, Ger., about 1826. Tree large and very fruitful; twigs long, glabrous; lenticels long; leaves ovate, entire. Fruit produced in clusters, medium large, roundish-ovate, bright green becoming yellowish, frequently russeted, strongly dotted; Nov.
Truckhill Bergamot. 1. Mag. Hort. 11:327. 1845. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 869. 1869.