QUINCES— continued 
Orange Quince (Sometimes called Apple 
Quince) — Large, roundish, bright golden yel- 
low, cooks tender and is of very excellent 
flavor. Very productive, the most popular 
and extensively cultivated of the old vari- 
eties. The surface only moderately fuzzy. 
Fruit variable in size and shape, but in the 
ideal or original form is distinctly flattened 
at both ends, like an apple. Everyone is ac- 
quainted with the Orange quince, a good old 
variety that never disappoints the planter — 
good for home use and for market, and more 
largely planted than any other variety. Its 
large, golden yellow fruit of fine quality is 
to be seen in more or less quantities in nearly 
every garden or orchard every season, as it 
rarely fails to produce a crop. 
The quince never suffers from late frosts, 
as it is so late in blossoming that there is 
no danger from that source. If the quince 
trees have been sprayed often enough there 
is sure to be a paying crop every year, which 
commends it to the average farmer more 
than a fruit which only brings a crop one 
year in three. 
Its price is always a paying one, and no 
kind of fruit is more certain to produce a 
full crop. A quince orchard in blossom the 
first of June is a beautiful sight, and hardly 
less so are the same trees loaded with their 
golden fruit in September and October. 
Champion — Fruit very large, fair and hand- 
some, surpassing other varieties in this re- 
spect; bears abundantly while young; flesh 
cooks as tender as an apple and without hard 
spots or cores; flavor delicate imparting an 
exquisite quince taste and odor to any fruit 
with which it is cooked, and most excellent 
for making preserves, jellies, marmalades, 
etc. The trees are vigorous growers and bear 
heavy crops of superior fruit. It yields fruit 
on very young trees soon after planting. The 
fruit keeps well and ships well. A good 
keeper. In a test at Cornell University Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station (New York) in 
1892-93-94 including Orange, Champion, Rea's 
and Meech — the Champion averaged the most 
productive, with Orange a close second. Of 
American origin. Season late. 
Bourgeat — A golden prolific variety of the 
the best quality, ripening shortly after Or- 
ange and keeping until midwinter. Tree a 
remarkably strong grower, surpassing all 
others and yielding immense crops, fruiting 
at three or four years in nursery rows; leaves 
large, thick,_ glossy, so far free from blight 
and disease." Fruit of largest size, round; 
rich, golden yellow, smooth, very tender 
when cooked, has been kept till February in 
good condition. 
T7> OR a steady annual bearer, no fruit 
tree exceeds the Quince. It never 
suffers from late frosts. As it blooms 
so late there is no danger from that 
source. You can figure on an annual 
income of $300 to $500 per acre for a 
Quince orchard, 6-7 years old— and well 
cared for. 
Champion 
Mulberries 
The mulberry is valuable not only on ac- 
count of its fruit, but as a desirable shade 
tree. It is of easy culture, requiring little 
or no pruning. 
Downing 's Everbearing — Fruit large, blue 
black, juicy, rich, sugary, with a sprightly 
vinous flavor. Tree vigorous and productive, 
continuing in bearing about three months. A 
large growing and desirable shade tree. 
Russian — Very hardy, vigorous grower. 
Much used for hedges and windbreaks; val- 
uable for feeding silk worms. Fruit of small 
size. 
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