222 QUINCE. 



color fine golden. The most popular fruit for preserving, as 

 it cooks tender, and the trees bear abundant crops. There 

 are inferior varieties of this species. 



The Pear-shaped Quince or Oblong Quince, formed like a 

 pear, ripens a fortnight later than the Apple Quince. Flesh 

 is rather tough, and makes an inferior preserve when com- 

 pared to the above, both in color and tenderness. It has an 

 aromatic flavor, and affords a good jelly. 



The Portugal Quince has a healthy growth, with a leaf 

 larger and broader than the more common varieties. Its 

 healthy habits make it a favorite with many gardeners for 

 stocks on which to engraft or bud the Pear. The fruit is of 

 the largest size, oblong ; but the color of the skin is not so 

 deep an orange as that of the other kinds. 



The Portugal Quince yields a scanty crop, and is styled 

 by cultivators a shy bearer, and is not consequently so gen- 

 erally cultivated as the Apple Quince ; its fruit is milder 

 than that of other quinces, cooks more tenderly, and assumes 

 when cooked a purplish-crimson color. 



The Musk Quince bears fruit of only half the size of the 

 common sorts. It is highly scented, but owing to its size is 

 little cultivated for market. 



Besides these useful varieties, there are ornamental varie- 

 ties from Japan and China. They are exceedingly pretty 

 and well-known garden shrubs. 



The Japan Quince (Cydonia Japonica) has small dark- 

 green leaves, and clusters of brilliant scarlet blossoms. Fruit 

 useless. 



The Blush Japan is very like the above, excepting that 

 the flowers are white and blush. 



The Chinese Quince ( Cydonia Sinensis) has oval leaves, 

 glossy surface, small, red blossom, with a delicate odor. The 

 leaves red-tinted in autumn. The fruit ripens late; it is 

 a large oval, and is said to make an agreeable preserve. 



Quince-trees are set about ten feet apart. 



