22 QUINCE CULTURE. 
In my experience the Angers has been very uncertain. 
Sometimes it is entirely barren, and then, azain, bears 
abundantly. The fruit varies from the shape of the 
‘ apple to the pear, having generally a modified form 
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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 
ANGERS—THREE FORMS, 
between them. Sometimes it attains to a weight of 
twenty ounces. ‘The fruit ripens quite late in the fall, 
and will keep well in a common ceilar, ike apples. The 
flesh is a little coarser than that of the Orange. | 
2. APPLE or ORANGE QUINCE (Cydonia vulgaris v. 
maliformis). This is generally known simply as the Orange 
quince. Some speak of the Apple quinceas distinct from 
the Orange; but, as generally understood, they are one and 
the same variety. One old author speaks of the Orange 
and Angers as one and the same; but he could hardly 
make a clearer mistake. ‘The Orange variety is most 
cultivated in New York and New England, prokae 
because of its early ripening. 
The o/d Orange quince tree is very readily distinguished 
by the trunk and larger limbs having very rough excres- 
cences all around them at very short intervals. The 
color of the leaves and of the bark on young twigs is 
perceptibly lighter than on the other varieties, includ- 
