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QUINCES 
The quince is generally well known and highly esteemed for cooking and 
preserving. It thrives best in a deep, rich soil and is benefited by a clean, 
high cultivation. It is said to be improved by the application of salt in small 
quantities. The quince is usually sold at the age of 2 or 3 years, and is from- 
three to four feet in height. 
APPLE or ORANGE — When grown in perfection this variety is very 
large, of a rich golden color and very productive, rendering it one of the most 
profitable fruits for market. 
BOURGEAT— A new golden prolific variety of the best quality; tree a 
remarkably strong grower, surpassing all others, yielding immense crops, 
fruiting at 3 and 4 years in nursery rows; fruit of large size; round; rich 
golden color; smooth; very tender when cooked; has been kept until Febru- 
ary in good condition. 
CHAMPION — Very large; tree vigorous; bears young, sometimes produc- 
ing a peck of fruit the third year after transplanting; quality best; keeps 
until January; a valuable acquisition. 
PINEAPPLE — Originated by Luther Burbank. The name comes from the 
flavor, which is suggestive of the pineapple. The fruit in form and size 
resembles the Orange quince, but is smoother and more globular; makes a 
superior jelly; can be eaten raw, and is said to cook tender in five minutes 
as the best cooking apple, possessing a most exquisite and delicious flavor 
not equalled by any other quince. 
REA’S MAMMOTH — A seedling of the Orange Quince; very much larger 
a strong grower and under cultivation ; productive. 
GRAPES 
Too much cannot be said in praise of the grape. It is one of the best and 
most popular fruits, delicious for eating, especially desirable for cooking and 
preserving, and everywhere in large demand. 
The vine comes quickly into bearing, yielding fruit usually the second 
year after planting; requires but little space, and when properly trained is an 
ornament to the yard, garden or vineyard. 
Almost every one can find room for from six to a dozen or more grape 
vines. They can be trained up the side of any building or over a garden 
fence, but the best and cheapest way to grow them, either in small or large 
quantities, is on a wire trellis. 
Work the ground deep for grape vines and plant a little deeper than they 
were in the nursery. Make the rows 8 feet apart and plant vines 6 to 8 feet 
apart in the rows. Some of the tender varieties would be benefited by laying 
the vine flat on the ground during winter, with a light covering of earth or 
litter. 
