. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 108 DE BOURGEAT MEECH DE BOURGEAT. Borgeat. Little is known of this quince except that for a quarter of a century it has been listed in the catalogs of several nurserymen. It seems to have been introduced from France about 1885 by J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts. The following brief description of the variety is recorded at the New York Agricultural Ex- periment Station: Tree large, vigorous, healthy. Leaves large. Fruit late, medium in size, round with a short neck, ribbed, regular in outline ; stem set obliquely in a very
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 108 DE BOURGEAT MEECH DE BOURGEAT. Borgeat. Little is known of this quince except that for a quarter of a century it has been listed in the catalogs of several nurserymen. It seems to have been introduced from France about 1885 by J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts. The following brief description of the variety is recorded at the New York Agricultural Ex- periment Station: Tree large, vigorous, healthy. Leaves large. Fruit late, medium in size, round with a short neck, ribbed, regular in outline ; stem set obliquely in a very shallow, russeted cavity ; very broad, abrupt, furrowed, deep ; calyx "small, open ; color greenish-yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, mild subacid ; quality good. DE MAHON. This variety occasionally appeared in American catalogs toward the close of the last century. It seems not to be listed now. In 1907, the fruit was described at Geneva, New York, as having the following characters: Fruit early or midseason, medium in size, nearly round with a short, thick neck; surface covered with heavy pubescence; bright yellow in color or sometimes greenish-yellow ; flesh coarse, rather dry, mild in flavor, aromatic; quality below the average. ELEPHANT. In Luther Burbank's catalog for 1919 this variety of what is called the Cathay quince is described as follows: "This enormous new tj-pe of fruit is produced in the greatest abundance even on quite young trees and will create a sensation in every market and every home, good specimens being a foot and a half around each way. Smooth bright orange, flesh yellow, turning to a deep pink when cooked. Unlike all others of its class it is superior in ; FONTENAY. Paris. Fontenay is another quince grown as stock for the pear. The tree is less vigorous than that of Angers and also dwarfs the pears grafted on it. It may be read- ily distinguished from Angers by its more glabrous shoots, lighter wood, and freedom from the short
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