Musette de Nancy
PearMusette de Nancy
Origin/History
Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size and form: Large, pyramidal and handsome, with an uneven and undulating outline. Shaped like Beurré de Ranée.
Skin: Lemon-yellow covered with a fine, warm, orange-brown or bright cinnamon-colored russet.
Flesh and flavor: Yellowish-white, rather crisp with texture similar to Passe Colmar. Juice abundant, rich, saccharine, and very finely perfumed.
Quality: First.
Season
End of October and beginning of November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), citing Hogg Fruit Manual (1884).
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Musette de Nancy.
- Hogg Fruit Man. 621. 1884.
Fruit large, pyramidal and handsome, with an uneven and undulating outline, shaped like Beurré de Ranée, lemon-yellow covered with a fine, warm, orange-brown or bright cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, rather crisp like the texture of Passe Colmar; juice abundant, rich, saccharine and very finely perfumed; first; end of Oct. and beginning of Nov.