214 QUIMCE. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



QUINCE. (Cydonia.} 



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Of this fruit there are five or six varieties. The one 

 most esteemed is the Portugal I obtained it from 

 England and from France; I weighed one which was 

 23| ounces ; they are to be found in most of our gar- 

 dens ; the best trees are raised from cuttings, which 

 grow like a willow, and are freer from suckers about 

 the roots than those raised from suckers those from 

 seeds, are equally good, but are longer in coming to 

 maturity. The quince is much used for stocks for in- 

 grafting summer, tender pears, and for Espaliers ; they 

 do not suit winter pears so well, as they are very apt 

 to crack : this tree thrives best in damp ground, but 

 will grow well, and bear abundantly, in almost any 

 kind of upland. The quince is a very hardy tree, and 

 requires little more attention than keeping the roots 

 and stems free from suckers like other fruits how^ 

 ever it will become better by ingrafting and inocula- 

 tingthey ripen in October, and will hang till frost 

 destroys them. 



