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stroyed by it : Coes' Golden Drop. Magnum Bonum, Kirk's 

 Late Red, and Bingham ; while the Green Gage, Morocco. 

 Wine Sour, Orleans, and Washington, are not or but slightly, 

 injured. As a cure, fifteen or twenty pounds of salt, or salt 

 brine, is strongly recommended by some. It is laid under 

 the tree early in Autumn. This is to destroy the insects, which 

 lie under the surface of the ground all Winter. We doubt 

 not but repeated doses of this will destroy them. 



aUINCE. 

 Pyrus Cyddnia. — Coignassier, Fr. — Quittenbaum, Ger. 



The Quince is supposed to be the Golden Apples of the 

 ancients. It is a native of Austria, and is believed to have 

 been cultivated in Britain three hundred years. Pliny 

 writes, in his time, of their growing wild in hedge-rows, so 

 large as to weigh down the boughs to the ground. Moderns 

 use it only after being stewed, baked, or preserved. Quince 

 marmalade is a favorite conserve, and Quince wine has been 

 known to cure obstinate asthmatic complaints. There are 

 only two varieties and a species that are worth notice. 



Apple, or Orange Quince. — The fruit large, of a round-oval 

 shape ; skin very smooth ; color, when ripe, a bright golden- 

 yellow. A clean growing tree and a great bearer. Ripe in 

 September and October. 



Portugal Quince. — Fruii round, large size ; color bright 

 yellow. A strong-growing tree and bears a fair crop. This 

 variety is used as stocks on which to bud or graft Pears ; they 

 fruit earlier upon it, and are much dwarfed by the process. It 

 is a very general practice with the French, and for small gar- 

 dens may be done to advantage in this country, but will not 

 do for orchards. 



Pyrus Sinensis, or Chinese Quince. — Shrub of upright 

 growth, with pink flowers. Fruit very large, long-oval, smooth 

 and regularly formed ; color greenish-yellow. Flesh firm. 



