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OftheQpincctrec. Chap.xxxix 



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^txt be ttdo fo^td of ^umccfs: t^e one \& roanoe ant cal^ 

 leo ttje apple flnntce : t^e ot^er ts greater ano faf^toneo 

 like a peare,ano t£( called t^e peare Quince* 



^ The defiriptiou, 



T^t^nintttrk neuer grotoett) ter^ l^tgb, bttt tt b^ tngetli 

 foj^tl) man)? b;anct)e0 as ottjer trees DoXf)e leaues be roun^ 

 Dtd^^greene tpon t^e tpper fioe^ant) totitte ano Toft t}nDer,t^e refi 

 of t^e p^opo^tton, ts like to tbe leaneis of ttie common 0pple tree« 

 SDtie flotoer cljangetb bpon pnrple m^ireD tDttb tnl^tte : after ttie 

 fioljoers commett) ttiefrntt ofaplealant fmel, in p^opo^tion fum 

 times rouno as an apple tlj^ull tositber,ano romttmes long lihe 

 a peare, tpitb certaine embotoed 0^ ftoeUing DiutfionSjfcmlDljat 

 refembling tbe faCi^ionof a C^arltbe ^eaoe , ahotnl^en ttie iiearie 

 cotton 0^ Dotone is rtibbeo off, tfjei? appeere as ^ellolo as CDoloe. 



Bin tlie mioH of t^e fruite ts tfie feeDe 0^ kernels like to ot^erap^ 

 pies. 



^ The place. 



^luince trees are planteD in sarbens> and t^e^ lone (baoolnie 



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tnotH places* 



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SDlie ^m'nce is ripe in feptemb^ ano October* 



^Thenatnes. 



Cbe Quince tree is called in Creekei>M>^*«x<^w«: in Hattne Ma- 

 ins cotonea : in big!) H)oucb iinittenbaum, oDcr feat tenbaum : 

 in bate aimaine^^ueappelboimnn ^xtWi1^Coig>taciere. 



SCbe frmte is called in C5rabeMxov «./»„.;: in fi-atine "Malum 



Cotoneum :in f^ops Cytoniumcin ^frencl) Coing: in bigb SDoucli 



Sluitten opflfel,anb J&utten opfffel: in bafe aimaine,^aeapple : 



tn Cnglif^ a ^nince,anD an apple 0; peare I^aince. 



j^ ^ome call tbe ronnde fruite,Poma Citonia : in (^nglifl^ ap< 



pie Quinces: in if rencb T omme de Cpi»g, QiCoing: inbaCe^l^ 



main,ilaeappelem 



i ^ Cfte ot^cr frnite Wx^ Ntb f &e likenes of a peare,©alen cal<» 

 letli rpSio. Struthia, and \» calleain dSnglifl^ t^e peare ffluinefc ; 



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