Verte longue
Pear
Verte longue
Origin and History
Listed as No. 30 in William Coxe's A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817). Historically also known as Mouille Bouche.
Tree
In unfavorable seasons, the trees lose all their leaves prematurely.
Fruit
Form and Size: A plump fruit of almost elliptical form, very little diminished towards the stem. Resembles the yellow Beurree in shape.
Skin: Green with clouds of black.
Flesh: White.
Flavor and Quality: This variety exhibits varying excellence. It is too often acid in the extreme with little flavor. When in perfection, it becomes a fine plump fruit. The character of the fruit changes with the season. In unfavorable years, the fruit cracks.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens in September.
Storage and Keeping
In favorable seasons, the fruit lasts a long time.
Uses
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
- Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817) — listed as No. 30. Verte longue, or Mouille Bouche
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— William Coxe, A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees (1817)No. 30. Verte longue, or Mouille Bouche.
varying excellence—it is too often acid in the extreme with little flavour; its character changes with the season—when the year is unfavourable the fruit cracks, and the trees lose all their leaves prematurely; when in perfection it is a fine plump fruit, of almost elliptical form, very little diminished towards the stem—resembling the yellow Beurree' in shape; the skin is green with clouds of black, the flesh white—it ripens in September, and lasts a long time in favourable seasons.