LUTHER BURBANK 
ity, size, nearly globular shape, smooth skin, and 
attractive color from the Orange quince, while 
it received its spicy flavor and tenderness from the 
Portugal. It has continued to be extremely pro- 
lific, and an unusually strong grower, and at the 
present writing, 1914, it is quite generally pro- 
nounced the best of all quinces, and the only 
quince worth raising in the eastern states. It has 
proved to be of remarkable hardiness and produc- 
tiveness under the most adverse conditions. 
Under favorable conditions the Van Deman 
produces three distinct crops each season in Cali- 
fornia. 
The first or main crop ripens on my experi- 
ment farm during the latter part of September. 
The fruit of this first crop is of extremely large 
size, often being over five inches in diameter, and 
weighing 25 ounces. 
The second crop ripens about November, and 
the third a month later. With these later crops 
the fruit is usually much smaller. But all are of 
good flavor, texture, and quality. They bake as 
quickly as apples, and are tender when thus pre- 
pared. 
The dried or canned fruit retains the much 
desired quince flavor. 
At the time when the Van Deman quince was 
introduced, in 1893, I had growing for compari- 
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