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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



C. Medica ( The. Citron), has large, oblong, wingless 

 leaves, and flowers tinged with purple without. The fruit is 

 lemon-shaped, but larger, with warts and furrows. Rind, 

 thick and fragrant ; pulp, sub-acid. Chiefly used for 

 preserves. 



C. Decimana, or Shaddock, has leaves winged like the 

 orange ; flowers, white ; fruit, globular and very large, 

 weighing often six or eight pounds ; rind very thick ; pulp, 

 sweetish or sub-acid, but not very desirable, except for its 

 showy appearance. 



Cydonia Communis — Quince. 



The quince is a small hardy tree, seldom growing over 

 twelve or fifteen feet high, thickly branched, with roundish 

 or ovate leaves, whitish underneath, on short petioles ; the 

 flowers which open late are white, or pale pink ; and the 

 fruit appears on shoots of the same years growth, vary- 

 ing in shape, but having a general resemblance to the 

 apple and pear. It is when ripe, highly fragrant, and of 

 a fine golden yellow, making the tree quite ornamental. 



Quinces are seldom eaten raw ; but for stewing, preserv- 

 ing, marmalades, or in pies and tarts along with apples, 

 they are much esteemed. They are, also dried for winter 

 use, giving an excellent flavor to dried apples and peaches. 

 For these purposes the quince has been long in cultivation, 

 having been in great esteem by the Greeks and Romans. 

 The mucilage from the seeds was formerly used in 

 medicine, instead of gum-water. - The juice is cooling, 

 astringent and stomachic. 



The quince is propagated from seed, layers, slips, or 

 cuttings. The latter planted in autumn, in a shady situa- 

 tion, very seldom fail, and are not as liable to throw out 

 suckers as those raised from suckers and slips. Quinces 

 generally produce the same from seed, but occasionally vary. 



