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A New Quince— The Fuller. 
This very valuable quince is quite distinct 
and an entirely new vari- 
ety. It has been fruited 
for several years and the 
opinions of experienced 
pomologists who have 
seen it at various times 
confirm the belief that it 
is a decided acquisition to 
the present very small 
list of varieties of 
quinces. It has been 
named for its discoverer, 
Mr. A. S. Fttller, the 
widely known horticul- 
turist, and like most new 
fruits, it has a history. 
Shortly after Mr. Fuller 
had removed to his pre- 
sent home at Ridgewood, 
N. J.. his attention was 
arrested by the handsome 
and showy, fruit hanging 
upon a young quince tree 
on a neighboring farm. 
Mr. Fuller at different 
times noticed many other 
seedling quinces in the 
neighborhood, but none 
bore fruit at all approach- 
ing this in either size or 
beauty. With the per- 
mission of the owner of 
the farm on which it grew 
Mr. Fuller took a few 
cuttings from the tree 
and planted them, and in 
a very few years, these 
formed bearing trees and 
have borne regularly 
ever since. In the mean- 
time the neighboring 
farm from which they 
came was sold, and whilst a new house was 
being erected, the workmen with charac- 
carefully note both the fruit and trees at his 
leisure, and to furnish specimens of the 
quince to his pomological 
friends and the horticul- 
tural press, with the re- 
sult that all agreed that 
it was evidently an en- 
tirely new variety. Mr. 
Fuller, in 1886, sold the 
quince to a prominent 
firm of nurserymen, who 
have propagated it, and 
it will be offered for sale 
this autumn, bearing his 
name, he being the dis- 
coverer of it and the 
means of saving it from 
complete extermination. 
The Fuller quince is ex- 
ceedingly large, many of 
them weighing as much 
as one pound or more, and 
some have weighed nine- 
teen and twenty ounces; 
in shape it is pyriform, 
with a small neck, some- 
times ridged, and with a 
deep and wide basin. It 
is of a beautiful and rich 
golden yellow color, 
which it assumes very 
early in the season, and 
its flesh is exceedingly 
tender and fine-flavored. 
It has a delicious per- 
fume and is said, when 
cooked, to be greatly 
superior in flavor and 
tenderness to all other 
quinces. The tree is 
really ornamental by 
reason of its large and 
showy golden fruit and, 
we doubt not, will be- 
come exceedingly popular when introduced. 
The illustration is an excellent one. 
teristic carelessness, broke down the orig- 
inal tree and completely destroyed it. The 
Fig. GOi. The Fuller Quince. 
| possession of bearing trees upon his own j 
grounds gave Mr. Fuller opportunities to | 
