478 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



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, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 621, 1884. 



Fruit large, pyramidal and handsome, with an uneven and undulating outline, shaped 

 like Beurr6 de Ranee, lemon-yellow covered with a fine, warm, orange-brown or bright 

 cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, rather crisp like the texture of Passe Col- 

 mar; juice abundant, rich, saccharine and very finely perfumed; first; end of Oct. and 

 beginning of Nov. 

 Muskateller-Bergamotte. I. Dochnahl Fii/zr. 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. i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 153. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 819. 1869. 



Origin uncertain, but probably either Ohio or Connecticut is its native habitat. Fruit 

 medium, globular to obovate, greenish-yellow, with dark specks and much russet; flesh 

 breaking, yellow-white, with many dark specks and much russet, juicy, sprightly, vinous, 

 pleasantly perfumed, aromatic flavor; good; middle and last of Aug. 



Muskirte Wintereirbirne. i. Christ Handb. 508. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 

 2:57. 1856. 



A Dutch variety, published in 1801. Fruit small, ovate, medium ventriculous; 

 skin fine and smooth, light straw-yellow changing to a waxy lemon-yellow and often washed 

 with a golden blush; flesh semi-breaking, sweet, having a musky aroma; second for dessert, 

 first for household; Dec. to Feb. 

 Musquee d'Esperen. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:448, fig. 1869. 



A seedling of Major Espdren; probably first reported in 1845. Fruit medium, variable 

 in form, passing from ovate rounded at each end to ovate nearly cylindrical and more or 

 less bossed; greenish-yellow, dotted and streaked with russet; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, 

 perfumed; juice very abundant, saccharine, acidulous and very musky in flavor and agree- 

 able; first; beginning of Feb. and through Mar. 

 Mussette. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:169. 1856. 



A Normandy perry pear. Fruit medium, rather long-pyriform; skin a dirty greenish- 

 yellow changing to brown-green; flesh gritty, juicy, sweet, sharp and vinous; good for 

 household use, first class for perry; end of Oct. 

 Miitzchensbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856. 



German, 1807. Fruit small, in clusters, short-turbinate, upper end flat, greenish- 

 yellow, covered with cinnamon and dotted; flesh whitish-yellow, tender, sweet, vinous; 

 third for dessert, first for culinary use; Oct. 



