APPEIDIX. 



The Chinese Quince. {Cydonia Sinensis.) (See plate.) 



We are happy in being enabled to present our readers 

 with an engraving, taken from nature, of this beautiful, 

 and as yet exceedingly rare fruit. It has flowered with 

 us for several successive seasons, but has fruited in perfec- 

 tion for the first time this present (1845) Autumn. 



It is very ornamental, considered as a flowering shrub ; 

 straight and symmetrical. Leaves oval, neatly serrated, 

 flowers of a handsome rosy tint. 



Fruit, as per drawing, in length 5 inches, and 3 and 3-4 

 inches in diameter, oval, and smooth, and free from any 

 protuberances. The Skin of a deep lemon color. Eye 

 sunken in a rather deep basin, calyx not perceptible. It 

 is produced on a strong spur which does not come away 

 with the fruit but remains for future bearing. 



The specimen from which our drawing was made, 

 weighed one pound and three ounces avoirdupois. It was 

 produced in the garden of William W. Fox, Esq., of West- 

 chester county, N. Y., who obtained the tree from our 

 nursery at Harlem about five years since. It requires a 

 strong loamy soil and a sheltered situation. In a light or 

 sandy soil the fruit is apt to drop off prematurely. The 

 juice is harsh but brisk and lively. It makes a very supe- 

 rior marmalade. 



A peculiar trait in the character of this tree is that the 

 outer bark shells off, and in the winter and spring follow- 

 ing the bole of the tree appears smooth and polished. 



It is altogether one of the most desirable additions that 

 has been made to our gardens for many years. When in 

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