162 QUINCE CULTURE. 
VAN DEMAN, so named in honor of Prof. H. E. Van 
Deman, the former Pomologist of the Department of Ag- 
riculture, who says, ‘‘ This variety is one of the very best, 
in every respect, I have ever examined, and the tree is 
reported as exceedingly thrifty and productive.” Mr. 
Burbank writes me that ‘‘in California it often bears 
three distinct crops, about a month apart, and some- 
times four; the last of the fourth is generally taken by 
frost.” The fruit is large, oval truncate, greenish- 
yellow, flesh yellow, mild sub-acid, and of excellent 
quality. 
QuIncE No. 80 is a seedling of Rea’s Mammoth. 
The tree is hke it in growth and productiveness. The 
fruit is a deep orange color, and the flesh lemon-yellow. 
It is nearly round, over thirteen inches in circumference 
either way, with the stem inserted in a cup half an inch 
deep, the basin of the calyx over an inch deep, and 
about two inches wide. 
CALIFORNIA 1s a seedling of Rea’s Mammoth. The 
trees grow upright, and fruit quite young. The fruit 
is pale lemon-yellow, tender, and of high flavor, free 
from fuzz. 
