6i6 



1892 



1893 

 1894 



Average 



10 



12 



3fi 



It will be seen, that, so far, the Champion has been most pro- 

 ductive and the Rea least productive, while Meech has been about 

 half as productive as Orange. In 1894, the Champion bore over a 



T^.— Champion. % nat. 

 ~^» ^ ■ t '«» size. 



^^B W half bushel to the 



^^■^ '>^y^i|[r^M|^HE ' tree; and this quan- 



^^^ *- J^BI^^^^^K tity may be taken as 



a fair crop for trees 

 of this age. From 

 thistimeon the yield 

 should gradually increase in quantity and uniformity. The fol- 

 lowing notes of these varieties, as grown in the University gar- 

 dens, may be of interest: 



Orange or Apple Quince (Figs. 7 and 8).— Tree of moderately 

 vigorous and spreading growth. Fruit very variable in size and 

 shape, but in the ideal or original form not at all pear-shaped but 

 distinctly flattened on the ends, like an apple. Color bright pale 

 orange, the surface only moderately fuzzy. Midseason, and keep- 

 ing until February under good conditions. 



The great variation in the shape and color of the Orange quince 

 is generally thought to be due to the existence of sub-varieties which 

 have arisen independently from seed, and this is undoubtedly the 

 occasion of most of the differ c-nces ; but Fig. 8, which is explain- 



