Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . as eighteenounces on full-bearing trees, though twelve to fifteen isa good size, giving seventeen fruits to the rounded peck. A Frenchman has this in his catalogue: 3feech^sProlific.—Remarkable for its productiveness, uniformityin size, regularity in bearing, and superior quality. Itmeets every requirement of a perfect quince. 10. MissouKi Mammoth Quince.—Tliis variety origi-nated in Massachusetts. It was carried to Ohio, an
Quince cultureAn illustrated hand-book for the propagation and cultivation of the quince with descriptions of its varieties, insect enemies, diseases, and their remedies . as eighteenounces on full-bearing trees, though twelve to fifteen isa good size, giving seventeen fruits to the rounded peck. A Frenchman has this in his catalogue: 3feech^sProlific.—Remarkable for its productiveness, uniformityin size, regularity in bearing, and superior quality. Itmeets every requirement of a perfect quince. 10. MissouKi Mammoth Quince.—Tliis variety origi-nated in Massachusetts. It was carried to Ohio, andfrom there to Kansas City, Missouri, by J. M. Slocum,who sold the stock to S. C. Palmer, by whom it has beendisseminated. After being tested some twelve or fifteenyears, it was accepted with so much favor as to receivethe commendation of the Missouri Valley Horticultural 30 QUIXCE CULTURE. Society, and from that Society received its name. Thedescription of the tree is, that it is a healthy and vigor-ous grower, very productive, and a regular bearer; that*^when planted at one year old, and well handled, itwill bear in five years, and * after it comes well into. MISSOURI MAMMOTH. bearing the yield is from one to two bushels per fruit, which *ripens about the time of the Orange,is very large, pyriform in shape, and very rich andaromatic. The stem is set in a broad basin, and thecup of the blossom end is deeply corrugated.: 11, Musk or Pineapple Quixce.—This is an old VARIETIES OF THE QUIJ^CE. 31 variety, that produces a large fruit, but is now liad its celebrity in this country fifty years ago. TheMusk was one of the sorts spoken of by Columella. 12. Pear Quince {Cydonia vulgaris y. oblonga).—Itreceives its name from being shaped like a pear, oblong,and tapering to the stem. The fruit is yellow, the flesha little darker than the Orange, and much tougher, be-coming woody around the core. It is of medium size,and though one of the oldest, is also one o
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