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of the Paradise Apple. The stem is cut off a few inches above the 

 ground, and a number of suckers are then thrown up ; the following 

 year these are mounded up and readily strike root ; in the autumn of 

 the succeeding year they may be separated and planted out in rows. 

 The stool will soon produce fresh suckers, which may be treated in 

 the same manner. 



The fruit ripens in the end of autumn, and should be allowed to 

 hang on the trees until there is danger of frost. This fruit, though 

 hard, does not keep from decay longer than a month or six weeks. It 

 is principally used for a conserve by itself, but it is also added to flavor 

 apple jam and jelly. In Michigan it is claimed that 300 bushels may 

 be grown to the acre, the trees to be planted eigkt feet apart each way. 

 This fruit readily sells there for $2 per bushel and sometimes $3. The 

 trees yield regularly every year, and are not much trouble to grow. 

 They have a considerable recommendation in that the trees bear early, 

 that is from three to four years after they are set out. The tree, how- 

 ever, is not always hardy, nor do all soils suit it; as a rule it does best 

 in a damp location, and light sand is the worst soil for its cultivation. 

 In entering into the cultivation of this fruit it would be best to plant 

 a few at first, and if these succeeded more could be easily added, as 

 they are so readily propagated, and there will be little expense in 

 raising new trees. I am of the opinion that any locality suitable for 

 the peach, in point of climate, would also answer for the quince ; or at 

 all events, well sheltered spots from northern winds would be suitable 

 for the Orange variety, and this is the one usually grown in this country 

 and the neighboring republic. 



L. Woolverton, Grimsby, said he had confidence in the quince as 

 a profitable fruit to cultivate, and is gradually working into it. He 

 sent some to Guelph, and at first the consignee had some difficulty in 

 disposing of them,but the demand has steadily increased atpaying prices. 



P. C. Dempsey, Albury, Prince Edward County: We cannot grow 

 them in our part of the country. 



P. E. Bucke, Ottawa : Quinces are sold in Ottawa at four dollars 

 per bushel, and I believe it has not been sufficiently grown to meet 

 the demand. 



A. M. Smith, Drummondville, quite agreed with what the Secretary 

 had said about high culture for the quince, that the fruit will be largery 

 and higher colored. 



