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CHAPTER XXIL 
VARIETIES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION, 
BourGEAT is a late importation from France, of 
thrifty growth, and thick, glossy leaves of a deep green. 
The fruit is pyriform, of good size, smooth, a bright 
yellow, of excellent quality, and keeps well. 
VARIATIONS OF THE JAPANESE QuINCE.—The flowers 
of seedlings exhibit a variety of colors and shadings, 
from blood red to almost white. There is also a varia- 
tion in the shape of leaves and fruit. By years of care- 
ful selection in the propagation, Wm. Parry has secured 
fruit of large size, of a greenish yellow, with a handsome 
blush, the surface ribbed like a citron, and covered with 
small white dots. He has named it ‘* Columbia.” 
Luther Burbank of California, has produced, among 
his ‘‘new creations in trees, fruits and flowers,” a dwarf 
tree from seed of an improved Japanese quince, which 
‘is the shape of the Belleflower apple, but larger than 
the largest, and as smooth and as fine shaped as could 
be desired.” We will name it for him the * Belleflower.” 
JOHNSON, produced by W. B. K. Johnson of Allen- 
town, Pa., is a large, round quince, compressed at the 
stem, with a moderately angular surface, downy in the 
depressions. The color is greenish-yellow, marked with 
small dots. The flesh is yellowish, comparatively ten- 
der, with a mild aroma; quality good; ripens ten days 
later than the Orange, which it very closely resembles. 
SANTA Rosa is a very large, fine-flavored quince, 
highly colored and strongly flavored. It cooks very 
tender, and can be eaten raw like an apple. ‘The tree is 
somewhat straggling, but a strong grower. The fruit is 
smooth, and free from fuzziness. Mr. Burbank has 
named it in honor of the place of its origin. 
