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Musette d'Anjou. See Large Blanqut-t. 

 Musette d'Automne. See 



MUSETTE DE NANCY. Fruit, large, three inches and a half long, 

 and two inches and a half wide ; pyramidal and handsome, with an 

 uneven and undulating outline, of the shape of a large Beurre Ranee. 

 Skin, covered with a fine warm orange-brown, or bright cinnamon- 

 coloured russet, on a lemon-yellow ground, very little of which is visible. 

 Eye, open, with wide-apart pointed segments, set in a rather deep, 

 irregular, and furrowed basin. Stalk, stout and woody, inserted ob- 

 liquely by the side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 rather crisp, like the texture of Passe Colmar, and with an abundant, 

 rich, sugary, and very finely perfumed juice. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in the end of October and beginning of 

 November. 



Musk Drone. See Bourdon Musque. 



Musquine de Bretagne. See Bergamotte de Hollande. 



NAPLES. Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, at first 

 vivid green, changing to beautiful lemon-yellow as it ripens, marked 

 with brownish red next the sun, which becomes bright red as the 

 ground colour changes. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow, even 

 depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a pretty 

 deep cavity. Flesh, whitish, rather fine-grained, firm, crisp, and juicy, 

 with a pleasant sweet flavour. 



A dessert pear of ordinary merit ; in use from January to March. 

 The tree is very vigorous and an abundant bearer, succeeds well either 

 on the pear or quince as a standard. 



NAPOLEON (Beurre Autien; Bonaparte; Bon Chretien Napoleon; 

 Beurre Napoleon; Captif de St. Helene; Charles X.; Gloire de 

 VEmpereur; Liard; Medaille ; Napoleon d'Hiver; Hoi de Rome; 

 Sucree Doree ; Wurtemberg). Fruit, large ; obtuse pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, bright green at first, changing as it ripens to greenish yellow, 

 and sometimes a fine lemon-yellow, and covered with numerous brown 

 dots. Eye, partially open, with long erect acuminate segments, and 

 set in a moderate depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 stout, and inserted in a round and pretty deep cavity. Flesh, whitish, 

 tender, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, sweet, and refreshing 

 flavour ; to such a degree does it abound in juice that Diel says one 

 may be supposed " to drink the fruit" 



A valuable dessert pear ; ripe from November to December. The 

 tree is hardy, vigorous, and an excellent bearer ; succeeds as a standard, 

 but produces the finest fruit against a wall Mr. Blackmore says it is 

 a very fine fruit at Teddington. 



It was raised by M. Liard, a gardener at Mons, in 1808, and by him exhibited 

 at the Pomological Society of Hennegau, where he received the gold medal, hence 



