CHAPTER XXII 



VARIETIES OF QUINCES 



Never represented by a great number of named varieties, 

 probably not more than a half-hundred in any country at one 

 time, the quince is now discarded from many nurserymen's 

 catalogues and appears under two, three, or at most, a half- 

 dozen names in others. Eight varieties are listed in this text, 

 but it is doubtful whether all could be purchased true to name 

 from American nurserymen or be found in the quince planta- 

 tions of the country. 



INDEX TO VAEIETIES OF QUINCES 



Champion, 482 Rea, 478 



Fuller, 480 Rea's Mammoth, 478 



Meech, 483 Smyrna, 481 



Orange, 477 Van Deman, 484 

 Pineapple, 479 



KEY TO VAEIETIES OF QUINCES 



A. Fruits orange-shaped. 

 B. Shape globular. 



C. Size medium; early midseason 477. Orange. 



CC. Size large to very large; late midseason. 



D. Flavor of quince 478. Rea. 



DD. Flavor of pineapple 479. Pineapple. 



BB. Shape round-oblate; neck thick, short; very 



early 480. Fuller. 



BBB. Shape round-oblong; lemon-yellow; surface 



furrowed 481. Smyrna. 



AA. Fruits pear-shaped. 

 B. Shape obtuse-pyriform. 



C. Size medium to large ; late 482. Champion. 



CC. Size large to very large; midseason 483. Meech. 



BB. Shape obovate-pyrif orm ; very large 484. Van Deman. 



477. Orange (Fig. 132) is a group rather than a varietal 

 name. The type seems to come nearly true from seed, which 



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