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CHAPTER X. 



OF QUINCES'* 



The bejl Sort for the Kitchen Garden — Of their Propagation,. 



Planting* and Pruning — Of Bark-bound Trees \ and of th&fe 

 which have rough Bark* 



The Quince is called Cydonia, from Cydon r a town of 

 Crete famous for this fruit. 



It belongs to the fourth order of the twelfth Clafs of the 

 Sexual Syftem, Icofandria Pentagynia. Linnaeus has joined 

 it to the Apple and Pear. 



This is a very beautiful tree when in flower, and when the 

 fruit is ripe in Autumn. It was cultivated in this country in 

 Gerard's time. 



The belt fort for planting in the Kitchen Garden is the 

 Portugal, being the fitteft for baking or dewing. It is of a 



fine 



