. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. CHAPTER VI VARIETIES OF QUINCES The quince, the "golden apple" of the an- cients, once dedicated to deities, and looked upon as the emblem of love and happiness, for centuries the favorite pome, is now neglected and the least esteemed of commonly cultivated tree-fruits. Never represented by a great num- ber of named varieties, probably not more than a half-hundred in any country at any one time, the quince is now discarded from many nursery- men's catalogs and appears under two, three, or, at most, a half-dozen names in others. Nine
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. CHAPTER VI VARIETIES OF QUINCES The quince, the "golden apple" of the an- cients, once dedicated to deities, and looked upon as the emblem of love and happiness, for centuries the favorite pome, is now neglected and the least esteemed of commonly cultivated tree-fruits. Never represented by a great num- ber of named varieties, probably not more than a half-hundred in any country at any one time, the quince is now discarded from many nursery- men's catalogs and appears under two, three, or, at most, a half-dozen names in others. Nineteen varieties are listed in this text, but it is doubtful whether more than ten could be purchased true to name from American nurserymen or be found in the quince planta- tions of the country. For the most part, the descriptions are compiled. ANGERS. This variety is seldom or never grown in America for its fruit, but nurserymen import it from France as a stock upon which to dwarf pears. The trees are more vigorous and the leaves larger than those of other quinces. Angers is propagated from cuttings of young wood set in the autumn or from mound-layers. According to French pomolo- gists, the fruit is of value for culinary purposes; the flesh is a little harder than that of other varieties, but becomes tender on cooking. The crop ripens late and is reported to keep longer than that of any other variety. BENTLY. About 1890, a Mr. Bently, Elba, New York, brought cuttings of a quince from Connecticut, which, upon coming in fruit, bore especially fine quinces. Nelson Bogue, Batavia, New York, thereupon introduced it as a new variety under the name Bently. At the New York Agricultural Experiment Station trees from Mr. Bogue bore fruit identical with Orange. A few nurserymen still list Bently as distinct. CHAMPION. Fig. 101. Champion is one of the three or four standard varieties of American quinces, having to recommend it the following notable characters: The fruits are verj' large an
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