304 QUINCES. 



Fr'tiii larger than the last species, round. Skin dark 

 purple. Flesh yellow, sweet, with a little astringency near 

 the stone. 



Eipe the middle of August. 



This is a handsome small shrubby tree, from three to six 

 feet high ; found in a natural state, growing in the sand along 

 the coast. It might make a handsome stock to graft plums 

 on, in order to make dwarf espaliers, in the same way as 

 the Paradise is used for Dwarf Apples. 



To these may be added many sorts called Gages, ten or 

 fifteen sorts, which are of all colours, from white to brov/n 

 and pur])le ; some of the sorts not larger than damsons : 

 and were probably all raised from the stones of the Green 

 Gage Plum, but none of them by any means equal to the 

 irus old sort, and, of course, not worth cultivating, except 

 for stocks to graft the true and good sorts on. 



CHAPTER XVL 



QUINCES. 



Mr. Miller has three varieties of the Quince, the only 

 hardy kinds cultivated in England, viz. 



1. Cydonia Oblonga. Pear-shaped Quince. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate. Fruit lengthened at the base. 



2. Cydonia Maliformis. Apple-shaped Quince, 

 Leaveslovate. Fruit rounder than that of the last. 



3. Cydonia Lusitanica. Portugal Quince. 

 Leaves obovate. Fruit oblong. 



The last variety is of a fine purple colour when dressed ; 

 is more juicy and less harsh, and much better for marma- 

 lade, than either of the others. It is the only sort now cuU 

 tivated in England for domestic purposes. 



