202 OF QUINCES. 



very useful to mix with Apples for making pies 

 and puddings; for, when tlie Apples are flat, and 

 have lost their flavour, they add a quickness to 

 them. 



Of the Propagation and Pruning of Quince Trees, 



They are easily raised by layers, or by cuttings 

 taken from the tree in March. They should be 

 planted in a shady place, in rows at about a foot 

 distance from each other, and about three inches 

 from plant to plant in the rows. Mulch them with 

 rotten leaves, or rotten dung, which will keep the 

 ground about them moist ; and water them fre- 

 quently in hot weather. About Michaelmas those 

 that are well-rooted may be planted out, and those 

 that are not should remain another year. They 

 may also be propagated by budding or grafting ; 

 and these trees will bear sooner, and be more fruit- 

 ful, than those raised by any other method. 



The Quince-tree may be pruned much in the 

 same w^ay as you w^ould prune an Apple-tree, 

 taking care to cut out all the old diseased and dead 

 wood, and the cross branches in the middle of the 

 tree, which are apt to injure each other by friction. 

 In general you will find old trees much hurt by 

 injudicious pruning : in that case, you must head 

 them down, cut out all the cankery parts, and 

 also all the diseased and dead wood where the tree 

 is hollow, or where large branches have been cut 

 or broken off; applying the Composition as foir 

 Apple-trees. 



