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'J\\t (anadian ilorticolrorist 



JANUARY, 1904 



Volume XXVII 



Number 1 



THE FULLER QUINCE 



AMONG several varieties of quinces 

 fruited at Maplehurst in 1903, was 

 the Fuller, a sample of which we 

 had photographed for use as a frontispiece 

 to this number. 



The variety is named after Mr. A. S. Ful- 

 ler, of Ridgewood, N. J., who noticed it 

 fruiting on a neighbor's grounds in about 

 the year 1870, took some cuttings and intro- 

 duced it to public notice. It may be de- 

 scribed as follows : 



Tree: a good grower and showy both 

 in fruit and flower. 



Fruits Large, 3^x4 inches ; distinctly 

 pyriform in shape, sometimes with an elon- 

 gated neck, somewhat ribbed. 



Color : A rich yellow ; calyx set in a 

 deep wide basin. 



Flesh : Tender in texture ; flavor good. 



Season : . Last of September. 



Value : Market, good ; home uses, good. 



QUINCE CULTURE. 



Quince culture is not so profitable of late 

 years as formerly. Thirty A'^ars ago the 

 writer had orange quinces sold in Toronto at 

 $6.00 a barrel, and these prices soon gave 

 such encouragement to the planting of 

 quince orchards, both in Ontario and in 

 New York state, that the markets were soon 



overstocked, and the price came down to $2 

 and $3 a barrel. This season the demand 

 was a little better, and no doubt in future it 

 may pay fruit growers to cultivate this 

 fruit on a moderate scale. 



In planting quinces for profit care must be 

 taken to secure the Orange or one of its sub- 

 varieties, such as Fuller, Meech's Prolific or 

 Champion. These are all satisfactory, both 

 as to beauty of fruit and productiveness of 

 tree. The Angers, or common quince, is 

 useful as stock on which to dwarf the pear 

 tree, but the fruit is small and unsalable, and 

 the tree often unproductive. 



The propagation of the quince is very 

 simple, and if one has a few trees the num- 

 ber may easily be increased, either by en- 

 couraging the growth of suckers or by cut- 

 tings, which take root very re.adily. 



The quince orchard should be planted or 

 good rich soil, not too dry. If the land will 

 produce 100 bushels of potatoes to the acre, 

 or 50 bushels of corn, it will do for quinces : 

 otherwise the best results need not be ex- 

 pected. Pruning must not be neglected or 

 the heads will become a tangled mass, and 

 the crop will be most disappointing; but. 

 generally speaking, no fruit tree receives less 

 attention in regard to the details of cultiva- 

 tion and pruning than the Quince. Fig. 



