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SECTION 3. QUINCES. 



Apple-Shaped or Orange. Large, roundish, with a 

 short neck ; of a bright golden yellow color ; tree has 

 rather slender shoots and oval leaves ; very productive. 

 This is the variety most extensively cultivated for the 

 fruit. Ripe in October. 



Pear-Shaped. This has generally more of a pyriform 

 shape than the preceding ; the fruit is larger, the tree 

 stronger. 



Portugal* The fruit of this is more oblong than the 

 preceding, of a lighter color and better quality ; the 

 shoots are stouter, and the leaves thicker and broader ; 

 usually propagated by budding or grafting. A week or 

 two later than the Apple. A shy bearer. 



Angers. The strongest grower of all the quinces, and 

 the best for pear stocks. The fruit is much like the 

 orange in appearance ; later, keeps longer. The tree 

 does not bear as young, but when once it reaches matu- 

 rity is a good, regular bearer. 



Rea's Seedling (REA'S MAMMOTH, VAN SLYKE). Native 

 of Greene County, N. Y. A magnificent fruit, averaging 

 mucU larger than the Apple-shaped or Orange, resembles 

 it in appearance, and by some preferred for culinary 

 purposes. 



Chinese i Usually cultivated for ornament. Quite dif- 

 ferent in appearance from the others. The leaves are 

 glossy, sharply and beautifully toothed ; the fruit is large, 

 oblong, bright yellow, and keeps until spring ; little used. 

 The flowers are large and showy, with the fragrance of 

 the violet; worked on the other sorts; rather tender, re" 

 quiring a sheltered situation. A very tardy bearer. 



Japan. This is very distinct from all the others ; very 

 bushy, thorny, and hardy. There are several varieties, 

 all of which may be reckoned among the most beautiful 



