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experience of it as a Nursery Stock, I should say it appears to be 

 both a grower's and a nurseryman's stock. It layers very readily, 

 usually comes readily from cuttings too, is vigorous and healthy in 

 the nursery row, and ultimately develops a very fine fibrous root 

 system. In vigour it appears to stand midway between the Portugal 

 and Apple- and Pear-shaped types, and the commoner types B, C, 

 and E. Its leaves are smaller than the former types, larger than 

 the latter. Its fruit is of medium size and quality, somewhat approach- 

 ing that of the Apple-shaped Quince. 



We have isolated another type of Quince Stock apparently identical 

 in botan'cal characters with type A, though it seems slightly less vigor- 

 ous. Until we have fruited this we cannot be certain of its identity, 

 but possibly it is a seedling from A or a less vigorous strain. For the 

 detailed botanical description of A see Table II. 



Type B (fig. 63). 



Type B is undoubtedly less vigorous than A, and it can be dis- 

 tinguished by the smaller acutely-tipped leaf. It is not quite so ready- 

 rooting as A on the stool, but comes very readily from wood cuttings. 

 Its fruit is small, hard, and down}', and quite distinct from A in shape. 

 It would properly not make a bad stock, though in the nursery row 

 it somewhat lacks vigour. 



Type C (fig. 64). 



Type C is readily distinguishable from all other types, by its 

 very erect yet dwarf growth, and its small, circular, yellowish-crinkled 

 leaves. It very soon lacks vigour, and the tips of the shoots often die, 

 yet it roots fairly readily from layers, and remarkably well from wood 

 cuttings. The small surface root development is very characteristic. 

 I should be afraid that this type would be altogether too dwarfing for 

 many varieties of Pear, but this supposition has still to be proved. 

 Unfortunately I have on two or three occasions found this very 

 dwarf type mixed in with the vigorous type A. As yet we have not 

 fruited this type, or been able to procure any fruits of it. A type 

 slightly more vigorous than this, but otherwise apparently identical, 

 is also in our collection. 



Type D (fig. 65). 



Type D, with its exaggerated drooping habit and dark-green 

 elongated leaf, again forms a very distinct type. It does not appear 

 to be as vigorous as A, and is somewhat shy rooting on the stool, 

 more so from "cuttings. As it becomes more mature it seems to in- 

 crease in vigour and develop quite a distinct root system, less fibrous 

 and more coarse-rooted than the other types of Quince. It has borne 

 a smallish, hard, pear-shaped, and very downy fruit, not unlike that 

 of Type B. This type is also much intermixed with A and B, though 



