Dörell Herbst Muskateller
PearDörell Herbst Muskateller
Origin/History: Not described in source.
Tree: Not described in source.
Fruit:
Size and Form: Nearly medium; ovate-pyriform.
Skin: Pale yellow sprinkled with very small, very numerous and regularly-spaced fawn dots, usually free from any trace of russet. At maturity the yellow passes into clear lemon-yellow, and on well-exposed fruits is washed with vermilion.
Flesh and Flavor: White, rather fine, breaking, dense. Not juicy but sugary and perfumed.
Season: Winter.
Uses: Good for culinary purposes.
Subtypes/Variants: Not described in source.
Other: Historical documentation: Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:96 (1856); Mas Pom. Gen. 6:1, fig. 385 (1880).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Dörell Herbst Muskateller.
- Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:96. 1856. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:1, fig. 385. 1880. Fruit nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, pale yellow sprinkled with very small, very numerous and regularly-spaced fawn dots usually free from any trace of russet; at maturity the yellow passes into clear lemon-yellow and on well-exposed fruits is washed with vermilion; flesh white, rather fine, breaking, dense, not juicy but sugary and perfumed; good for culinary purposes; winter.