oblong fruit lengthened at the base. 9. The Apple Quincey 

 with ovate leaves, and a rounder fruit. 3. The Portugal 

 Quince, the fruit of which is more juicy and less harsh than 

 the preceding, and therefore the most valuable. It is rather 

 a shy bearer, but is highly esteemed, as the pulp has the 

 property of assuming a^fine purple tint in the course of being 

 prepared as a marmalade. 4. The mild or eatable Quince, 

 being less austere and astringent than the others. 



The Quince produces the finest fruit when planted in a 

 soft moist soil, and rather shady, or at least sheltered 

 situation. It is generally propagated by layers, and also by 

 cuttings, and approved sorts may be perpetuated by graft- 

 ing. In propagating for stocks, nothing more is necessary 

 than removing the lower shoots from the layer, so as to 

 preserve a clear stem as high as the graft ; bift for fruit- 

 bearing trees, it is necessary to train the stem to a rod, till 

 it has attained four or five feet in height, and can support 

 itself upright. 



When planted in an orchard, the trees may be placed 

 ten or twelve feet apart. The time of planting, the mode 

 of bearing, and all the other particulars of culture, are the 

 same as for the Apple and Pear. The chief pruning they 

 require, is to keep them free from suckers, and cut out 

 decayed wood. 



RASPBERRY. 



FRAMBOISIER. Rubus, etc. 



THERE are several species of the Rubus found wild in 

 various parts of Asia, Europe, and America, some of which 

 have upright stems, others prostrate ; the American Stone 

 Bramble, and also the common Blackberry, Dewberry, 

 Cloudberry, &c. are of this family. The Rubus idacus, or 

 common Raspberry, grows spontaneously in the province of 

 New Brunswick, and in various parts of the United States, 

 but most of the cultivated varieties are supposed to have 

 originated in England. Loudon describes the true Rasp- 



