VARIETIES OF THE QUINCE. 2] 
resembled that quince more closely than any other vari- 
ety. In many cases these are not Orange quinces, but 
seedlings that vary considerably. I do not doubt but 
that Meech’s Quince is one of these variations of the 
Orange quince, of an improved type.” 
In harmony with this view of Mr. Green, I first called 
this variety the Pear-sbaped Orange Quince, and only 
consented to change it to Meech’s Prolific when my hor- 
ticultural friends showed that it needed a different name 
to avoid being confounded with some of the other pear- 
shaped varieties. I have seen samples of half a dozen 
seedlings grown in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, each 
of which was clearly distinct in tree or fruit, or both. 
A seedling tree in Philadelphia bears a very pretty quince 
haying the marks of the old Orange quince. At Jen- 
kintown, Pennsylvania, is a seedling tree growing more 
upright than its parent, but the fruit very closely re- 
sembles it. In Bridgeton, New Jersey, is a seedling that 
produces a beautiful specimen of the obscure pyriform of 
mild acid quality. In Millville, New Jersey, is a seed- 
ling shaped like an apple, except that it is very deeply 
ribbed from the blossom to the stem all around. In 
Vineland there are two good seedlings of the apple and 
pear shapes, and each of them an improvement on its 
ancestry. So, no doubt, close observers will find it all 
over the country. The fruit books and catalogues offer 
but a very short list of varieties. I here give, in alpha- 
betical order, the varieties of most importance, as now 
found in cultivation, with a few not very commonly found. 
1, ANGER’S QUINCE (Cydonia vulgaris).—This variety 
has a remarkably strong and vigorous root system, which 
has made it valuable as a stock for dwarfing the pear. 
The nurserymen of this country import large quantities 
of these stocks every year for this purpose ; and for the 
Champion quince, which succeeds better on them than 
on its own roots, —~ 
