LUTHER BURBANK 



established varieties, the flowers ranging in color 

 from pure white to bright scarlet and deep crim- 

 son. Some of them are double. The tree is raised 

 for ornament only. The bushes are aflame with 

 leaf buds early in the spring. A little later they 

 light the landscape with their gorgeous array of 

 deep crimson, scarlet, pink, and yellowish or white 

 blossoms. Again, late in the autumn, they are 

 brilliant with bronzed leaves, and present fruits 

 of curious and interesting forms. 



This, obviously, is a very different tree from 

 the common quince. It seems so distinct that I 

 have never attempted to hybridize the two. But 

 I have crossed the various Japanese quinces among 

 themselves. 



The crossbred seedlings vary widely in foliage, 

 blossom and fruit. Some of the fruit produced 

 was as large as ordinary apples, and of varying 

 shape. Where experiments were made with the 

 sub-species C. maiilei, there was greater promise 

 than in the case of the other flowering quinces. 

 This sub-species is a more abundant bearer than 

 the others, and its fruit is of less objectionable 

 quality. 



The uncrossed specimens of this sub-species are 

 low, spiny shrubs, not more than two or three feet 

 high, with short, stiff, spiny branches, which are 

 often woolly when young. The bushes are multi- 



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