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the preceding, and therefore the most valuable. It is rather 

 a shy bearer, but is highly esteemed, as the pulp has the 

 property of assuming a fine purple tint in the course of being 

 prepared as a marmalade. 4. The mild or eatable Quince, 

 being less austere and astringent than the others. 5. The 

 Orange Quince, a very handsome fruit of peculiar rich fla 

 vour. 6. The Musk or Pine Apple Quince, very large and 

 beautiful. 



The Quince produces the finest fruit when planted in a 

 soft, moist soil, and rather shady, or at least sheltered situa 

 tion. It is generally propagated by layers, and also by cut- 

 tings, and approved sorts may be perpetuated by grafting. 

 In propagating for stocks, nothing more is necessary than 

 to remove the lower shoots from the layer, so as to preserve 

 a clear stem as high as the graft; but for fruit-bearing 

 trees, it is necessary to train the stem to a rod, till it has 

 attained four or five feet in height, and can suppoit itself 

 upright. 



When planted in an orchard, the trees may be placed ten 

 or twelve feet apart. The time of planting, the mode of 

 bearing, and all the other particulars of culture, are the 

 same as for the Apple and Pear. The chief pruning they 

 lequire, is to keep them free from suckers, and cut out 

 decayed wood. 



RASPBERRY. 

 FRAMBOISIER. Rubus, etc. 



THERE are several species of the Rubus found wild in 

 various parts of Asia, Europe, and America, some of which 

 have upright stems, others prostrate ; the American Stone 

 Bramble, and also the common Blackberry, Dewberry, 

 Cloudberry, &c. are of this family. The Rnbus idaeus, or 

 common Raspberry, grows spontaneously in the province of 



