

VARIETIES OF THE QUINCE. 







resembled that quince more closely than any other vari- 

 ety. In many cases these are not Orange quinces, but 

 seedlings that vary considerably. I do not doubt but 

 that Meech's Quince is one of these variations of the 

 Orange quince, of an improved type." 



In harmony with this view of Mr. Green, I first called 

 this variety the Pear-shaped Orange Quince, and only 

 consented to change it to Meech's Prolific when my hor- 

 ticultural friends showed that it needed a different name 

 to avoid being confounded with some of the other pear- 

 shaped varieties. I have seen samples of half a dozen 

 seedlings grown in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, each 

 of which was clearly distinct in tree or fruit, or both. 

 A seedling tree in Philadelphia bears a very pretty quince 

 having the marks of the old Orange quince. At Jen- 

 kintown, Pennsylvania, is a seedling tree growing more 

 upright than its parent, but the fruit very closely re- 

 sembles it. In Bridgeton, New Jersey, is a seedling that 

 produces a beautiful specimen of the obscure pyriform of 

 mild acid quality. In Millville, New Jersey, is a seed- 

 ling shaped like an apple, except that it is very deeply 

 ribbed from the blossom to the stem all around. In 

 Vineland there are two good seedlings of the apple and 

 pear shapes, and each of them an improvement on its 

 ancestry. So, no doubt, close observers will find it all 

 over the country. The fruit books and catalogues oifer 

 but a very short list of varieties. I here give, in alpha- 

 betical order, the varieties of most importance, as now 

 found in cultivation, with a few not very commonly found. 



1. ANGER'S QUINCE (Cydoniavulgaris). This variety 

 has a remarkably strong and vigorous root system, which 

 has made it valuable as a stock for dwarfing the pear. 

 The nurserymen of this country import large quantities 

 of these stocks every year for this purpose ; and for the 

 Champion quince, which succeeds better on them than 

 on its own roots. 



