QUINCES. 819 



melting ; tree very vigorous and productive. November 

 and December. Has proved good at Boston. 



181. Tarquin. Large, coarse; for cooking only; tree 

 very vigorous and productive ; is said to keep two years. 



182. Viscomte Spoelberg. Medium size to small, yellow 

 tinged with red next the sun ; buttery and melting ; first- 

 rate under good culture ; succeeds well on the quince. 

 November. 



SECTION 3. QUINCES. 



1. Apple-Shaped or Orange. Large, roundish, with a 

 short neck ; of a bright golden yellow color ; tree" has 

 rather slender shoots and oval leaves ; very productive. 

 This is the variety most extensively cultivated for the 

 fruit. Kipe in October. 



2. Pear-Shaped. This has generally more of a pyri- 

 form shape than the preceding ; the fruit is larger and 

 finer, the tree stronger. 



3. Portugal. The fruit of this is more oblong than the 

 preceding, of a lighter color and better quality, but not 

 so good a bearer ; the shoots are stouter, and the leaves 

 thicker and broader ; usually propagated by budding or 

 grafting on the Apple Quince. A week or two later than 

 the Apple. 



4. Angers. A variety of the Portugal, the strongest 

 grower of all the quinces, and the best for pear stocks. 

 The fruit is also said to be larger and rather better than 

 any of the others. We have not seen it yet, but expect 

 our trees to bear this season, 1851. 



5. Upright. A variety with slender erect branches ; 

 grows more freely from cuttings than any other. "We 

 havo not fruited it. nor found it anywhere described, but 

 have trees now showing fruit buds. Received among 

 Blocks from Franca 



