The Pineapple 
Quince on the 
Tree 
Mr. Burbank’s Pine- 
apple Quince, the cul- 
minating effort of fifteen 
years of selective breed- 
ing, combines the good 
qualities of the other 
quinces with especial prop- 
erties of its own. It has 
the flavor of the pine- 
apple, and has such quali- 
ties that it may be eaten 
raw like the apple. It will 
cook as tender as the ten- 
derest cooking apple in 
four and one-half min- 
utes. The tree is extraor- 
dinarily precocious, some- 
times bearing fruit when 
only four months old. Tiny 
trees of the pineapple 
quince are sometimes 
borne to the ground 
with their weight of 
relatively colos- 
sal fruits. 
