Deutsche Muskateller
PearDeutsche Muskateller
Origin / History
Old pear of uncertain origin. La Quintinye mentioned it without description in 1690. In 1768 Duhamel du Monceau gave a careful description to distinguish it from Royale d'Hiver, which it somewhat resembles. Liegel listed it in his Systematische Anleitung in 1825. Mathieu gave the name Muscat Allemand d'Hiver in his Nomenclature Pomologique of 1889. Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie (1869) and Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869) are the other published records cited.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Medium or above.
Form: Obovate-obtuse-pyriform.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Pale yellow.
Dots: Speckled with numerous large, gray dots.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish, semi-fine, semi-melting, juicy, granular. Sweet, slightly astringent. Quality second.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Mar. to May.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Figured in Leroy's Dictionnaire de Pomologie, vol. 2, p. 439 (1869). Described on p. 772 of Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1869).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Deutsche Muskateller.
- Liegel Syst. Anleit. 106. 1825. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 202. 1889. Muscat Allemand d'Hiver. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:439, fig. 1869. German Muscat. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 772. 1869.
An old pear of uncertain origin. La Quintinye mentioned it without description in 1690, but in 1768 Duhamel du Monceau gave a careful description to distinguish between it and Royale d'Hiver which it somewhat resembles. Fruit medium or above, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, pale yellow, speckled with numerous large, gray dots; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, semi-melting, juicy, granular, sweet, slightly astringent; second; Mar. to May.