Rca's Mammoth Quince. 
SELECT QUINCES. 
From CornoU Agricnlturul Experiment Station Bulletin, by Prof. L. H. Bailey: "The Quince 
cr<ip is reliable, and not easily destroyed by capricious variations in weather. Trees are 
hardy and ])roductive, easy to jirune and spray, and diseases and insects, while rather numerous, 
are held in check with comparative ease, with the single exception of pear-blight. 
"The lands should be retentive of moisture, but not wet and soggy. Good drainage is as es- 
sential to quince culture as it is to the growing of pears or other fruits. "Quince orchards 
should be given clean culture. The roots are usually shallow, and very shallow tillage is gen- 
erally best. I'robably best results will be obtained if trees are set 14 or 15 feet apart each way. 
"The first fruits of consequence may be e.xpected when the tree is 3 or 4 years planted, al- 
though the Quince does not arrive at full productiveness until it is 9 or 10, or more year's old. An 
average crop for an orchard in full bearing is one bushel of fii'st-class fruit to the tree, but this 
yield is exceeded in some years. Careful attention to handling and ))lanting 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 mischievous in western New York (Juiiit e orchards : The borer (search 
for it twice a year), the codlin moth dmt Paris green in the Bordeaux mixture), and the Quinca 
curculio (,jar it onto sheets, a.s you would tlie plum curculio)." 
Bourgeat. Bright golden yellow. Ready Missouri Mammoth. Attractive lemon 
for use from November through to March or yellow. Season middle autumn to middle winter 
April. Pronounced by a responsible grower, 
who has fruited it for 6 years, a jirofuse bear- 
er, of large, handsome, showy, richly colored 
fruit, that actually keeps like Baldwin apples, 
in a gnnd cellar, until spring. The core is 
very small. Will cook without hardness, like 
apples. Tree, robust grower. Origin, France. 
Champion. Greenish yellow. Season very 
late. Fruit large, distinctly pear form, fur- 
rowed about the top. Flesh tender. Tree 
bears abundantly while young. In some places 
it does not rijien well. A good keeper. 
lu a test at Cornell University Agricultural 
Experiment Station (New York), in IS'.H-iKi-'.M 
— ineludilis; Orango, (lhanipion, Eea's and 
Meeeh — the Ohaiupiou averaged the most pro- 
ductive, Wil li Oran^^e a close secimd. 
Meeoh's Prolific. Pale, bright Orange, 
with a thin fuzz. Midseason. Fruit large, 
and in shape ranges from nearly apple shape 
to short pear shape. Very fragrant, good flav- 
or. Bears when quite young. Productive. 
Supposed to have originated in Connecticut. 
Fruit large to very large, roundish, often largest 
at stem end. Surface nearly smooth. Flesh 
light yellow, moderately juicy, pleasant flavor, 
slightly astringent. Core rather small. Flesh 
cooks tender; of e.Kcellent quality. 
Orange (flpnie Quince). Bright pale 
orange. Ripens after mid-autumn, and keeps 
until February under good conditions. The 
surface only moderately f\iz>',y. Fruit variabla 
in size and shajie, but in tlie ideal or original 
form is distinctly flattened at both ends, like 
an ap|)ie. The most extensirely eullirated of 
the old varieties. 
Rea's Mammoth. Color rich orange, 
surface very smooth. Ripens early. Fruit 
large to very large, pear form. Flesh of ex- 
cellent quality. Tree a very strong grower, 
distinguished by its short stature. Does best 
under high cultivation. We consider that for 
orchard purposes, as well as a garden free, it 
is very valuable. Origin, Coxsackie. N. Y. 
