THE QUINCE 247 



ment to distant markets has never before been 

 recognized. Doubtless the forbidding qualities 

 of the ordinary quince are responsible for this 

 lack of popularity. But now that the Pineapple 

 quince has been introduced there is an entire 

 change of popular attitude toward this really 

 admirable fruit. 



I may add that I have even more recently 

 found among the seedlings one that rivals the 

 Pineapple, and which has qualities that fully 

 justify its introduction as another new and dis- 

 tinct variety. 



This newest of my quinces called the Bur- 

 bank is somewhat larger than the popular 

 Orange quince and of much better form. It is as 

 smooth as an apple, having completely dropped 

 the objectionable habit of producing wool on the 

 skin. The tree is vigorous ; it grows in fine form ; 

 and it is an early and astonishingly prolific 

 bearer. 



The fruit has the cooking qualities of the Pine- 

 apple quince, and is superior for drying and 

 canning, and quite unrivaled except by the 

 Pineapple for the making of jelly. 



TESTING REMOTER COMBINATIONS 



It goes almost without saying that I did not 

 carry the work with the quince far before I 



