. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. THE QUINCE. 273 ion with the yearly application of good manure, a special manuring of salt is eminently beneficial. The salt should bS spread early in spring beneath the trees just thick enough to half conceal the surface of the ground. Common manure, without salt, will not give the finest quinces, nor will aa anmanured or poor soil endure heavy
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. THE QUINCE. 273 ion with the yearly application of good manure, a special manuring of salt is eminently beneficial. The salt should bS spread early in spring beneath the trees just thick enough to half conceal the surface of the ground. Common manure, without salt, will not give the finest quinces, nor will aa anmanured or poor soil endure heavy doses of salt. The total neglect of the cultivation of the quince by many who have planted out the trees, has resulted in their dwarfish and stunted growth, and entire unproductiveness. To reno- vate such trees, cut or saw out the thick profusion of suckers which surround the stem,' (fig- 226,) deepen the soil with the space as much as the roots will admit, and apply a large barrow-load of compost to each tree, made by a thorough in- tormixtnre some weeks previously, of stable manure and. 1iZ3- Fig. 225. Fig. 226. Llack muck, and then spread a thin coating of salt upon the surface. This should be done in the spring of the year. The pruning may be such as to remove the suckers, and reduce the number of stems to three or four, or the tree may be trimmed to one clean stem, as shown in fig. 225. The wide difference between the results of these two modes of treatment, can be only appreciated by those who have witnessed the experiment. By neglect, the crop will at best be small, and the quinces diminutive and knotty; by enriched culture, a profusion of large golden fruit will load the tree, which will at all times command a ready sale even in a well supplied market In planting quince orchards, the distance asunder may be about ten or twelve feet, which will be found near enough for full-grown trees, on a deep, rich, and well-treated soil. If the ground is previously subsoiled, and w
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