THE QUINCE. 



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an orange than its shape corresponds to the general form of apples ; 

 therefore we prefer the name orange to apple-shaped. It is not rare 

 to find it grown from seed, and the seedlings sold as the Orange 

 Quince, when, in truth, as many of the seedlings are likely to pro 

 duce the pear-shaped or even far inferior fruit, as seedlings from a 

 good pear or good apple, when the parent was grown by itself. It 

 is often gathered before ripe, which is not until from the middle to 

 last of October. If gathered too early, they do not cook tender. 

 Leaf, ovate pointed ; fruit, large, ovate, obtuse pyriform, varying to 

 obovate conical ; stem, usually in a slight depression. When well- 

 grown and cared for, the skin is smooth, of a rich golden yellow. 

 Without care, it becomes small, knotty, and woolly. Core, large, 

 and placed nearest the blossom or calyx end ; seeds, reddish brown. 



PORTUGAL QUINCE. 



Cydooia Lusitanica.. 



This variety is readily distinguished in the tree, by its leaf being 

 round, or as wide as long, and very downy underneath. The true 



