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variegated leaves tinged with delicate pink and 

 white. 



This type of flowering quince has much to 

 recommend it as an ornamental shrub. More- 

 over, my hybridizing experiments, as far as they 

 went, indicated that the C. Maulei has very valu- 

 able latent possibilities as a fruiting shrub. 



From the many thousand seedlings many 

 promising specimens were obtained. Some of 

 these produced large, handsome, light crimson 

 blossoms, and extremely large orangelike 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 

 fragrance. 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 

 good 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 

 common quince. If the cross could be effected, 

 it is not unlikely that very valuable betterments 

 could be brought about. It is at least within the 

 possibilities that a quince might be developed 

 that would be superior in various ways to even 



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