LUTHER BURBANK 



ity, size, nearly globular shape, smooth skin, and 

 attractive color from the Orange quince, while 

 it received its spicy flavor and tenderness from the 

 Portugal. It has continued to be extremely pro- 

 lific, and an unusually strong grower, and at the 

 present writing, 1914, it is quite generally pro- 

 nounced the best of all quinces, and the only 

 quince worth raising in the eastern states. It has 

 proved to be of remarkable hardiness and produc- 

 tiveness under the most adverse conditions. 



Under favorable conditions the Van Deman 

 produces three distinct crops each season in Cali- 

 fornia. 



The first or main crop ripens on my experi- 

 ment farm during the latter part of September. 

 The fruit of this first crop is of extremely large 

 size, often being over five inches in diameter, and 

 weighing 25 ounces. 



The second crop ripens about November, and 

 the third a month later. With these later crops 

 the fruit is usually much smaller. But all are of 

 good flavor, texture, and quality. They bake as 

 quickly as apples, and are tender when thus pre- 

 pared. 



The dried or canned fruit retains the much 

 desired quince flavor. 



At the time when the Van Deman quince was 

 introduced, in 1893, I had growing for compari- 



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