LUTHER BURBANK 



plied readily by division; that is, from rooted 

 suckers, which spring up from the parent plant. 

 The flowers, which are usually borne in abun- 

 dance, are of a bright orange-scarlet. There are 

 races of the sub-species that have variegated 

 leaves tinged with delicate pink and white. 



This type of flowering quince has much to 

 recommend it as an ornamental shrub. Moreover, 

 my hybridizing experiments, as far as they went, 

 indicated that the C. maulei has valuable latent 

 possibilities as a fruiting shrub. 



From the many thousand seedlings a good 

 many promising specimens were obtained. Some 

 of these produced large, handsome, light crimson 

 blossoms, and extremely large orange-like waxy 

 golden fruit in the greatest profusion. These 

 quinces, indeed, are among the handsomest of 

 all fruits. They always attract attention by their 

 peculiar form, golden color, and exquisite fra- 

 grance. The flesh, however, is usually hard and 

 very acid, though not unlike some varieties of 

 the common quince. 



The extreme hardiness of this species, and its 

 great productivity make it a very valuable parent 

 for crossing with other allied varieties. It would 

 be highly interesting and perhaps important to 

 experiment in crossing these shrubs with the com- 

 mon quince. If the cross could be effected, it is 



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