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The Apple- and Pear-shaped Quinces. 



I cannot find that either of these types ha? been used at all 

 commonly as stocks, and I am therefore not desirous to overload 

 my report by giving a detailed botanical description of them at 

 present. They are both more vigorous than any of the types from 

 A to D, and they approximate somewhat closely in leaf character 

 and vigour to E, .the Portugal, though they are not quite so vigorous. 

 Whilst the Apple-shaped is almost as shy rooting as the Portugal, 

 the Pear-shaped roots fairly readily both from layers and cuttings, 

 and appears worthy of a trial as a substitute for E. 



Historically the Apple- and Pear-shaped Quinces appear as old 

 as the Portugal, but they are rarely mentioned as useful for stocks. 



More Recent Introductions. 



With regard to the more recent introductions of the Serbian 

 Quinces and larger-fruited kinds such as Bereczeki and Rea's Mammoth, 

 nothing need be said here at present. They probably have never 

 been used as stocks so far, though they are certainly fine fruited 

 varieties. 



Probable Identification oj Types A to E. 



• I think there is little doubt that our type A is the true d'Angers 

 Quince, both because it has long been known and widely circulated 

 and because the description of its fruit seems to confirm the consensus 

 of opinion. 



Type B which was sent to us as ' Common ' Quince, may possibly 

 be the prevalent Common English Quince so often reviled for its 

 small, hard, gritty fruit, but the fruit of type D appears to rival 

 this in poor quality. Batty Langley talks of the English Quince 

 as " the very worst of all." Type C, which came to us as ' Angers,' 

 is almost certainly not the true ' Angers.' There is an interesting 

 description by Elliot, in his " Western Fruit Growers' Guide " (New 

 York, 1859), "of the ' New Upright ' (or Paris de Fontenay) — a variety 

 first introduced to notice (in America) by Messrs. Ellwanger and 

 Barry, of Rochester, N.Y. It grows upright, strikes readily from 

 cuttings, but after the first year's growth seems to lose vigour and 

 afterwards grows very tardily." Unfortunately no botanical char- 

 acters are given, but the description is extraordinarily near to our 

 own observations of the Upright Dwarf. 



The Paris or de Fontenay Quince has been known and used 

 as a stock for some time. Scott calls it merely a " variety of the 

 Angers " ; and many of the Continental firms to-day still use a 

 " de Fontenay " Quince as a stock. Curiously enough, the " de 

 Fontenay " Stocks we received were very mixed and comprised 

 Type D, our very spreading type, together with a more or less erect 

 type approximating to A, but by no means exceptionally dwarf- 



