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of the leaves from each type has consistently shown that the same 



relationship persists between the breadth, length, and size on the 



types isolated. The following table of leaf measurements shows this 

 relationship clearly: — 



Table I. — Average Leaf Measurements (on one-year 

 Bedded Stocks). 



Type. 



Breadth. 



Length. 



Leaf 

 Stalk. 





Cm. 



cm. 



cm. 



A. 



4'6l 



5^4 



o-66 



B. 



3'97 



506 



062 



C. 



4' 1 6 



477 



064 



D. 



3-84 



509 



059 



E. 



547 



682 



1 09 



The other characteristic which proved a good guide to classification 

 was the habit of growth of the one- or two-year Bedded Stocks, a habit 

 which tends to become intensified as the plant grows older. At 

 least four types were readily distinguished from their habit of growth, 

 and even on the stools the practised eye soon recognizes the types 

 from this characteristic alone. However, the Quinces in common 

 circulation as stocks approximate to one another in botanical characters 

 far more closely than the so-called Paradise Apples, yet they differ 

 surprisingly in habit of growth and mature root habit — features which 

 are very well illustrated in Figs. 62 to 66 inclusive. 



The Chief Groups or Types of Quinces used for Stocks. 



Table II. on p. 273 shows the most useful characters for identification 

 purposes of the five main groups, which have either been used now 

 or in the past as stocks. 



The true nomenclature of these groups is not easy to identify, 

 partly because the majority of nurserymen send out their stock 

 simply as ' Quince,' yet the ' Angers ' Quince of one is the ' Common ' 

 Quince of another and the dwarf type C of a third ; and partly because 

 the descriptions in pomologies of the commoner types of Quince are 

 few and incomplete, and their origin is thus difficult to trace. For 

 the time being, therefore, it will be better to refer to the types 

 as Type A to E. 



Type A (fig. 62). 



Type A is undoubtedly the one in most common use to-day, 

 though it is frequently intermixed with types B, C, and D. From our 



