Verte Longue, Mouille Bouche
PearVerte Longue, Mouille Bouche (Long Green)
Origin/History
Not described in source.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Small
Form: Pear
Skin: Green when fully ripe
Flesh/Flavor: Melting and juicy; spicy taste, not universally admired. Flavor very similar to Verte Longue Panachee.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens end of September and beginning of October.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Source notes similarity to Verte Longue Panachee variety.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)
- VERTE LONGUE, MOUILLE BOUCHE, OR LONG GREEN.
This is a small pear, the skin green when fully ripe; the flesh melting and juicy, with a spicy taste, not universally admired, very similar to that of the Verte Longue Panachee. It ripens in the end of September, and beginning of October.
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