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QUINCE CULTURE. 



In my experience the Angers has been very uncertain. 

 Sometimes it is entirely barren, and then, again, bears 

 abundantly. The fruit varies from the shape of the 

 apple to the pear, having generally a modified form 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



ANGERS THREE FORMS. 



Fig. 3. 



between them. Sometimes it attains to a weight of 

 twenty ounces. The fruit ripens quite late in the fall, 

 and will keep well in a common cellar, like apples. The 

 flesh is a little coarser than that of the Orange. 



2. APPLE or OKANGE QUINCE (Cydonia vulgaris v. 

 maliformis). This is generally known simply as the Orange 

 quince. Some speak of the Apple quince as distinct from 

 the Orange; but, as generally understood, they ar&one and 

 the same variety. One old author speaks of the Orange 

 and Angers as one and the same ; but he could hardly 

 make a clearer mistake. The Orange variety is most 

 cultivated in New York and New England, probably 

 because of its early ripening. 



The old Orange quince tree is very readily distinguished 

 by the trunk and larger limbs having very rough excres- 

 cences all around them at very short intervals. The 

 color of the leaves and of the bark on young twigs is 

 perceptibly lighter than on the other varieties, includ- 



