Foliage of the Japanese Quince 



The thick, fibrous leaves of the Japanese quince add to the 



beauty of the tree. The branches, however, are likely to be 



spiny. The quince appears to represent a somewhat more primitive 



type of plant than most other of our cultivated fruits. Mr. 



Burbank suggests that the cultivated quince of to-day i 



in about the condition of development represented 



by the pear of the Roman time. 



