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necessary, for practical reasons, to take ad- 

 vantage of this fact by lumping them all off 

 together in a single chapter. 



In case any pomologist should undertake a 

 special study of any of these secondary fruits, 

 he woulcl naturally apply to them the same 

 general methods which are here outlined for 

 apples, pears, and peaches. He could devise 

 some regular form of description which would 

 assist him materially in keeping record of his 

 observations. He would apply to the differ- 

 ent varieties in hand the same rules of nomen- 

 clature which have been found essential in 

 dealing with other groups of fruits. And, 

 finally, he would classify the varieties under 

 survey, according to the principles laid down 

 in Chapter XIII of this book. So far as the 

 writer knows, no special form of description 

 has ever been used in this country for any of 

 the fruits discussed in the present chapter, 

 nor has any classification of the varieties in 

 any group been proposed beyond what is here 

 set forth. 



The quince is closely related to the apple 

 and pear. It may be described on the same 

 blank form used for pears, or even on the one 

 used for apples. There are only a few varie- 



