IGl NAT, ORDER. — POMACE/E. 



the United States. The form of the fruit approaches to that of the 

 pear or apple, according to the different varieties of the species of 

 tree from which it is produced, and which we have abeady no- 

 ticed. 



Medical Properties mid Uses. The Quince has a very pleasant 

 odor, and quite an austere taste ; its expressed juice, repeatedly 

 taken in small quantities, is said to be coohng, astringent, and 

 stomachic, and may be considered very useful in nausea, vomiting, 

 nidorous eructations, and some kinds of alvinc fluxes. Formerly, 

 this juice was ordered in the Lond. Pharm.to be made into a sirup; 

 but the only preparation of the Quince which is now directed, 

 is a mucilage of the seeds, made by boiling a drachm of the seeds 

 in eight ounces of water until it acquires a proper consistence. 

 This has been recommended in apthous affections, and excoriations 

 of the mouth and fauces. It may be a more pleasant mucilage, but 

 is certainly a much less efficacious one, than that of simple gums. 



Decoctum Cydonia. Lond. Decoction of Quince seeds. Take of 

 Quince seeds, two drachms; distilled water a pint. Boil over a slow 

 fire for ten minutes ; then strain, or filter through paper. This de- 

 coction is viscid, nearly colorless, insipid, and inodorous, and con- 

 sists chiefly of the mucilaginous principle of the Quince seeds dis- 

 solved in water. The decoction is only employed externally, as it 

 speedily undergoes decomposition, and it should be used immedi- 

 ately after being prepared. 



The cultivation of the Quince has been, within the last few cen- 

 tm-ies, extended to almost every part of the civilized Globe. Among 

 the farmers, both in Europe and the United States, the Quince is 

 universally planted in their gardens, and considered as the most de- 

 licious luxury of the fruit kind. The most important purposes for 

 which they were employed was that of making Quince sauce. This 

 was done by quartering and coreing the fruit, and gently stewing it 

 in sugar and molasses. The Quince is found in all the markets, 

 where they command a ready sale, averaging from 75 cents to $1 50 

 per hundred in number. 



