Ouinces 
The Quince is of late attracting a good 
deal of attention as a market fruit. Scarcely 
any fruit will pay better in the orchard. 
The tree is hardy and compact 71 growth, 
requiring but little space, is productive, gives 
regular crops and is much sought after for 
janning for winter use. When put up in the 
proportion of about one quart of quinces to 
four quarts of other fruit, it imparts a deli- 
cious flavor. 
Quinces do best in deep, cool soil, though 
in dryish places they will do fairly well if 
mulched. To have the roots cool is a great 
step towards success. If by themselves in 
rows they can be planted about twelve feet 
apart. There need be no fear of overfeeding 
the quince. They like lots of rich food. 
Kitchen washings and materials like this they 
delight to get, and when well fed in this way 
and rich food is spread about the surface of 
the ground the borer is not at all troublesome 
to them. When the quince is suited in this 
way, and grows as it should do, it begins to 
bear in three years, and afterwards it never 
fails of a crop, and seventy-five to one hun- 
dred quinces can be had from full-grown trees. 
A quince orchard should be cultivated very 
shallow and the ground never plowed so far 
as the roots of the trees extend, where it is 
possible to keep the ground free from weeds 
with the shallow tooth cultivator. Since 
dwarf pear trees are on quince roots, a dwarf 
pear orchard should be treated the same as a 
quince orchard as regards cultivation. 
Apple or Orange — Large, roundish, bright 
golden yellow, cooks tender and excellent, 
valuable for preserves or flavoring. Very 
productive; the most popular and extensively 
cultivated of the old varieties. 
Bourgeat — A golden prolific variety of the 
best quality, ripening shortly after Orange 
and keeping until midwinter. Tree a remark- 
ably strong grower, surpassing all others and 
yielding immense crops, fruiting at three 01 
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. 
Champion — Fruit very large, fair and 
showy; cooks as tender as an apple, and with- 
out hard spots or cores; flavor delicate, im- 
parting an exquisite taste and odor to any 
fruit with which it is cooked. Tree hand- 
some, surpassing other varieties in this re- 
spect; bears abundantly while young. 
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; valu- 
able for feeding silk worms. Fruit of small 
Apple or Orange 
For a steady annual bearer, no 
fruit tree exceeds the Quince. 
It never suffers fronn 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. 
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