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leaves, hoary underneath, and whitijh* red 

 flowers placed finely, coropofed of five pe- 

 tals, twenty (lamina, and five ftyles* 

 fucceeded by large pyramidal and round 

 golden-yellow fruit, having a hard four 

 pulp, inclofing, generally, five hard ker- 

 nels or feeds, and confifts of the follow- 

 ing varieties, ripening in Autumn. 



Pear-shaped Quince. 

 Apple-shaped Quince. 

 Portugal Quince, with a tender pulp. 

 Eatable Quince, having a tender 

 pulp ; fometimes eaten raw. 



The Quince tree grows ten or twelve 

 feet high, branching low and flenderly, 

 within a moderate compafs, and produces 

 its Mowers and fruit fiftgly; fometimes 

 on fmall lateral faoots of the year, and 

 I , ! upon 



