. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. hould, beconsumed, marketed or canned as soon as they have reachedtheir highest perfection. QUINCE This fruit is not commonly grown in the home orchard. A fewtrees will supply the needs of the family. CULTURE OF THE QUINCE 191 The fruit is rich in jellingproperties, but somewhat in-sipid in flavor. It is thereforeusually mixed with other fruitsfor canning or jelling, but isseldom us
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. hould, beconsumed, marketed or canned as soon as they have reachedtheir highest perfection. QUINCE This fruit is not commonly grown in the home orchard. A fewtrees will supply the needs of the family. CULTURE OF THE QUINCE 191 The fruit is rich in jellingproperties, but somewhat in-sipid in flavor. It is thereforeusually mixed with other fruitsfor canning or jelling, but isseldom used alone. Culture of the Quince.—Thetrees or bushes are small andmay be grown at a distance ofonly ten feet or so from eachother. The roots are very shal-low and therefore the quincemay be grown in soil where thewater level is not very deepbelow the surface. The treesdo not prefer wet places, butthey will endure such placesbetter than other orchard fruits. The methods of planting aresimilar to those mentioned forthe apple. In pruning, however, special methods are used. Thequince is really a bush, as there are usually a number of main shootsor branches coming from or near the ground. This fact allows it to. Fig. 117.—Fancy apples are often packedin boxes holding almost one bushel. The3-4 pack here shown is used only for smallapples. The 2-3 is more common. Wrap-ping prevents bruising and makes the fruitkeep longer.
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