VARIETIES OF QUINCES 311 



to blight than other varieties, and, since early quinces are not 

 much in demand, are now seldom found in commercial planta- 

 tions. Fuller was discovered about 1868 by A. S. Fuller, Ridge- 

 wood, New Jersey, and disseminated by him. 



Tree of medium size, lacking in vigor, productive, subject to blight. 

 Fruit very early, medium to large, apple-shaped but with a neck which 

 gives some specimens the shape of a pear; surface ridged; heavily covered 

 with pubescence; calyx set in a deep wide basin; stem set in a shallow 

 cavity; flesh light yellow, juicy, tender, free from granules, very aromatic, 

 mildly subacid; quality good to very good. 



481. Smyrna is a new variety introduced from Smyrna in- 

 1897 by G. C. Roeding, Fresno, California. It seems to have 

 found a place in California, but as yet is hardly tested in the 

 East. The plant is a handsome ornamental. 



Tree a rapid and very vigorous grower with many large leaves. Fruit 

 large, round-oblong; surface lightly furrowed, lemon-yellow; season about 

 that of Orange, the fruit keeping well; flesh tender, very aromatic, mild 

 subacid; quality good to very good. 



482. Champion (Fig. 133) is one of the 

 three or four standard varieties of Ameri- 

 can quinces. The fruits are very large and 

 handsome, with flesh almost as tender as 

 that of an apple, delicate in taste and odor, 

 which are imparted to any other fruit with 

 which the quinces are cooked. The trees 

 are large and vigorous, bear young, and 

 are very productive. The fruit ripens late 

 and keeps long. Champion is of American 

 origin, its history dating back to about 1870. 



Fig. 133. Cham- 

 pion. 



Tree vigorous, productive, early in bearing. Fruit large or very large, 

 obtuse-pyriform, smooth or faintly ribbed; stem set obliquely in a slight 

 depression; basin deep, narrow with deep narrow furrows; color greenish- 

 yellow; pubescence very heavy; core large, open; flesh pale yellow, juicy, 

 but firm, not spongy like that of Orange, slightly astringent, aromatic, 

 mild subacid; quality good. 



483. Meech (Fig. 134). — Many pomologists believe Meech to 

 be a strain of the better-known Champion. A review of the 

 history and characters of the two varieties shows that Meech is 



