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the QJJINCE TREE. 



THE Quince tree (Cydonia), afpe- 

 cies of the family of Pyrus, or 

 Pear, but formerly conflkuted the genus 

 Cydonia, is famous for its large, beautiful, 

 golden-yellow fruit, of great fragrance, 

 which, though too hard and auflere to 

 eat raw, is excellent for various culinary 

 preparations * it therefore claims a place 

 in the general collection of fruit trees, 

 and is of the clafs Icofandria, and order 

 Pentagynia, as the Pear. 



There is but one fpecies of the Quince, 

 comprehending a few varieties, and is 

 termed by the botanifts, 



PyrusCydonia> — C y d o n i a ,or Qu i n c e 

 Tree s having entire or unfawed oval 



leaves, 



