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THE QUINCE. 



is egg-shaped, dull green, with hard, dry flesh ; its flowers rosy red, 

 very pretty. The Japan Quince ( Cydonia Japonica) is also only 

 cultivated as an ornamental shrub. There are three varieties, bearing 

 flowers bluish white, scarlet or crimson ; and of the latter, with 

 flowers nearly double. The fruit is dark green, hard, with a pleasant 

 odor ; not eatable. 



ANGERS. 



This variety is mostly grown for the purpose of engrafting the pear upon. 

 The fruit is. however, equal to the Pear-shaped, and much resembles it, 

 only that it is larger, somewhat more rounded, and a lighter, brighter yel- 

 low. The principal value, however, is for stocks on which to work the Pear. 



NEW UPRIGHT. 



Paris de Fontenay. 



A variety first introduced to notice by Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry, of 

 Rochester, N. Y. It grows upright, strikes readily from cuttings, but after 

 the first year's growth, seems to lose vigor and afterwards grows very 

 tardily. 



ORANGE QUINCE. 



Apple Quince, | Apple-shaped Quince, | Cydonia v. Malformia. 



This is the variety most generally grown, and most esteemed. When 

 fully ripe ? its rich golden yellow resembles more the color of an orange 



