Muscat Roye

Pear

Origin/History First documented in Prince's Pomological Manual (1831).

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Small

Form: Oblong

Skin: Rough to the touch. Yellowish-green on the shaded side; "pleasant red" next the sun.

Flesh: Breaking and perfumed.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season End of August

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Muscat Roye.

Prince Pom. Man. 1:134. 1831.

Fruit small, oblong; skin rough to the touch, yellowish-green on the shaded side, and of a "pleasant red" next the sun; flesh breaking and perfumed; end of Aug.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)