CHAPTER XXXVIIL 



THE QUINCE. 



This small, hardy, irregular growing tree, as usually- 

 seen, is, perhaps, the most unsightly of all fruit trees; 

 but by a little attention by the way of pruning and 



Fig. 116 — Orange Quince. 



training, it becomes an object of ornament, both when i 

 blossom and when laden with its ripe orange-colored 

 fruit. 



It succeeds admirably in this country and is highly 



