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. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 621. 1884. 
Fruit large, pyramidal and handsome, with an uneven and undulating outline, shaped 
like Beurré de Rance, 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. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. 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. 1. Cole Am. Fr. Book 153. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 819. 1860. 
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. 1. 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. 
Musquée d’Espéren. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:448, fig. 1869. 
A seedling of Major Espéren; 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. 1. 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. 1. 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. : 
