484 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Muscat d'Allemagne. See Muscat Allemande, 



MUSCAT ALLEMANDE {German Muscat; Muscat d'Allemagne). 

 — Fruit, above medium size ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, unctuous to 

 the touch, bright green, changing to yellowish green as it attains 

 maturity, with reddish brown next the sun, covered with large grey dots 

 and a trace of russet about the eye and round the stalk. Eye, small 

 and open, with long reflexed segments set in an even shallow basin. 

 Stalk, above an inch and a half long, inserted in a small round cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, juicy, buttery, and melting, with a rich, sweet, and fine 

 musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; in use from March to May. Tree, vigorous, hardy, 

 and an abundant bearer, requires the protection of a wall, otherwise the 

 fruit is gritty, both on the pear or quince. 



Muscat Hatif. See Bourdon Mmque. 



MUSCAT EOBEKT (i la Rdne; Oezegende ; d'Ambre; Pucelle de 

 Xaintogne ; La Princesse ; St. Jean Musque ; Grand Muscat ; Early 

 Green; Gros Musque ; Queen's). — Fruit, small ; turbinate. Skin, thin, 

 smooth and shining, yellowish green. Eye, open, with long acute seg- 

 ments even with the surface. Stalk, an inch long, slender, and inserted 

 without a cavity. Flesh, tender, very juicy, and with a rich aromatic 

 flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in the end of July. Tree, hardy and vigorous, 

 and an abundant bearer ; succeeds well as a standard, and thrives best 

 on the pear. 



MUSCAT EOYAL.— Fruit, small turbinate. Skin, greenish yellow, 

 entirely covered with grey russet, rather rough. Eye, small and 

 open, without depression, Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, and 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, white, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet, 

 and musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in September. The tree is hardy, vigorous, 

 and a good bearer ; succeeds well as a standard. 



Muscat Verd. See Cassolette. 



Muscat de Villandry. See Ec7iassei-y. 



Musette d'Anjou. See Large Blanquet. 



Musette d'Automne. See Pastorale. 



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 Beui-re de Eance. 

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

 coloured russet, on a lemon-yellow ground, vei7 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, 



