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C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark, N. Y. 
Rea's Mammoth Quince. 
SELECT QUINCES. 
From Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, by Prof. L. H. Bailey. 
" The Quince crop is reliable, and not easily destroyed by capricious variations in 
weather. Trees are hardy and productive, easy to prune and spray, and cliseases and 
insects, while rather numerous, are held in check with comparative ease, with tlie single 
exception of pear-blight. Tlie lands should be retentive of moisture, but not wet and soggy. 
Good drainage is as essential to Ouince culture as it is to the growing of pears or otlier fruits. 
" Quince orchards should be given clean culture. The roots are usually shallow, and 
very shallow tillage is generally best. Probably the best results will be obtained, in the long 
run, if the trees are set 14 or 15 feet apart each way. 
" The first fruits of conseijuence may be expected when the tree is 3 or 4 years planted, 
although the Quince does not arrive at full productiveness until it is 9 or 10, or more years 
old. An average crop for an orchard in full bearing is one bushel of first-class fruit to the 
tree, but this yield is exceeded in some years. Careful attention to handling and planting 
pays as well with the Quince as with other fruits 
" Pear-blight is the most serious disease of Quince trees, and there is no way of keeping 
it in check but to cut off and burn all affected parts. 
"Three insects are mischevious in western New York Quince orchards: The borer 
(search for it twice a year), the codlin moth (put Paris green in the Bordeaux mixture), and 
the (Juinre curculio (jar it onto sheets, as you would the plum curculio) 
IWeech's Prolific. Pale, bright orange, 
with a thin fuzz. Midseason. Fruit large, 
and in shape ranges from nearly apple shape 
Bourgeat. Bright golden yellow. Eeady 
for use from November through to March or 
April. The ne w golileu prolilu- Quince Pro- 
nounced by a responsible grower, who has 
fruited it for 6 years, a profuse bearer, of 
large, handsome, showy, richly colored fruit, 
th.-it actually keeps like Hakhvin apples, in a 
good cell.ir,' until spring. The core is very 
sm.all. Will cook without hardness, like 
apples. Tree is a robust grower. Origin, 
France. 
Champion. Greenish yellow. Season late. 
Fruit large, distinctly pear form, furrowed 
about the top. Flesh tender, delicate flavor. 
Cooks as tender as apples. Tree bears 
abundantly while young. In some places it 
does not ripen well. A good keeper. In a 
test at Cornell University Agricultural Expe- 
riment Station (New York), in i.Sg2-93~g4 — 
including Orange, Champion, Rea's and 
Meech — the Champion averaged the most 
productive, with ( Irange a close second. Of 
American origin. 
to short pear shape, somewhat furrowed at 
the top. Very fragrant, good fiavor. Dears 
young. Productive. Supposed to have origi- 
nated in Connecticut. 
Orange (Apple Quince). Bright pale 
orange. Ripens after mid-autumn, and keeps 
until February under good conditions. The 
sm'face tmly nioderatel)' fuzzy. P'ruit vari- 
able in size and shape, but iu the itieal or 
origiu.'d foj'm is distinctly flattened at both 
i-nds, like an apple. The most extensively 
cultivated of the old varieties. 
Rea (Rea's Mammoth). Rich orange, 
surface very smooth. Ripens early, p'ruit 
large to very large. pe;ir form. Flesh of ex- 
cellent qu.ility. Tree a very strong grower, 
distinguished bv its shorl sl.iiure. Does best 
under high cultivation. We consider that for 
orchard purposes, as well as a garden tree, it 
is very valuable. Oi igin, Coxsackie, N. Y. 
