Fruit container a lout dismantled quietly (9)
I believe the answer is:
cantaloup
'fruit' is the definition.
(cantaloup is a kind of fruit)
'container a lout dismantled quietly' is the wordplay.
'container' becomes 'can' (can is a kind of container).
'dismantled' is an anagram indicator.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'a'+'lout'='alout'
'alout' is an anagram of 'talou'.
'can'+'talou'+'p'='CANTALOUP'
(Other definitions for cantaloup that I've seen before include "Musk-melon" , "fruit" , "Fleshy melon" .)