. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE QUINCE. 583 Tree a vigorous Chinese. Very large, oblong, rather coarse, grower, but late bearer. Does best South. Fontenay or Paris. This is also cultivated extensively as stock for the pear. The fruit is not equal in quality to the Orange or Angers, more nearly resembling the Pear Quince in form and texture. The tree has more small side-shoots, grows thicker, and is less vigorous than the Angers. The Angers is further distin- guished from the Fon
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE QUINCE. 583 Tree a vigorous Chinese. Very large, oblong, rather coarse, grower, but late bearer. Does best South. Fontenay or Paris. This is also cultivated extensively as stock for the pear. The fruit is not equal in quality to the Orange or Angers, more nearly resembling the Pear Quince in form and texture. The tree has more small side-shoots, grows thicker, and is less vigorous than the Angers. The Angers is further distin- guished from the Fontenay by its downy shoots when young, darker wood, and sliort stout thorns. The Japan and Chinese quinces are cultivated merely as orna- mental shrubs. The fruit, which sets freely, is of no value for edible purposes, and as it has a highly aromatic fragrance is sometimes used to perfume clothes-drawers. Fuller. Large, pyriform, usually with an abrupt small neck; sur- face irregular; lemon-yellow ; basin wide and deep ; flesh tender and good. Johnson. Large, roundish-oblate, compressed at stem ; greenish- yellow, downy in depression ; dots small, green ; cavity broad, nearly level; basin large, angular, deep; flesh yellowish, juicy, mild. Very good. Pennsylvania. Fig. 787. Meech.* (Meech's Prolific.) Large, obscure-pyriform, golden yellow; very fragrant, good flavor. Bears early—very produc- tive. Mid-season. An excellent variety. Fig. 790. Connecticut. Orange.* (Apple.) Large, some sub-varieties quite large, round- ish ; somewhat irregular, with a small and very short neck at the base; surface of a fine golden color; flesh firm, stewing rather tender, of excellent flavor. Ripens soon after mid-autumn. Leaves oval. Tree productive if well cultivated. Fig. 789. Massachusetts. ' This is the most common sort, and by continual propagation of seedlings several sub-varieties have been produced, varying slightly in coarseness or firmness of texture, size and form. The largest someti
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