QUINCE. 



ise ; exceedingly melting and juicy. Season, Novem- 

 ber and December. 



Florelk. Middle size, and pear shaped ;. colour, 

 bright red, nearly scarlet, with minute dark points ; 

 a most beautiful and excellent variety. Season, No- 

 vember. 



Colmar cFHyver. Shape, varying from nearly glob- 

 ular to pear shaped ; colour, yellowish green. Sea- 

 son, January a melting peai of lirst rate excellence, 

 and very productive. 



Passe Colmar. Large, and pear shaped, but very 

 broad towards the eye, An exceeding fine melting 

 pear, which by being kept in different temperatures, 

 may be brought to table in perfection, from the be- 

 ginning of January to the middle or end of April. 

 The variety is so productive as to make it necessary, 

 generally, to take off9-10ths of the fruit. 



Hardenpont de Printems* A large, pale, green pear, 

 with rather a rough skin. It ripens in England in the 

 end of April or beginning of May, and its flesh at that 

 period nearly resembles that of the brown Beurre in 

 autumn. It is a very productive variety, and in our 

 climate, Mr. Knight, thinks will prove the most valu- 

 able variety of all. 



QUINCE TREE. 



THE quince may be propagated by layers, or young 

 sprouts, which must be covered in the earth, or by 

 cuttings taken from the tree in April, and set into the 

 ground at proper distances, where they will take root 

 the first season, and they may be transplanted at pleas- 

 ure to the place of their ultimate destination. This 



