LUTHER BURBANK 
plied readily by division; that is, from rooted 
suckers, which spring up from the parent plant. 
The flowers, which are usually borne in abun- 
dance, are of a bright orange-scarlet. There are 
races of the sub-species that have variegated 
leaves tinged with delicate pink and white. 
This type of flowering quince has much to 
recommend it as an ornamental shrub. Moreover, 
my hybridizing experiments, as far as they went, 
indicated that the C. maulei has valuable latent 
possibilities as a fruiting shrub. 
From the many thousand seedlings a good 
many promising specimens were obtained. Some 
of these produced large, handsome, light crimson 
blossoms, and extremely large orange-like waxy 
golden fruit in the greatest profusion. These 
quinces, indeed, are among the handsomest of 
all fruits. They always attract attention by their 
peculiar form, golden color, and exquisite fra- 
grance. The flesh, however, is usually hard and 
very acid, though not unlike some varieties of 
the common quince. 
The extreme hardiness of this species, and its 
great productivity make it a very valuable parent 
for crossing with other allied varieties. It would 
be highly interesting and perhaps important to 
experiment in crossing these shrubs with the com- 
mon quince. If the cross could be effected, it is 
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