Early Royal.
Royal Hative, | Mirian.
Foreign. Slow grower, and tender tree far North ; branches downy.
Fruit medium, roundish, light purple, dotted httle with dull yellow ; flesh
amber color, rich, parts from stone; stalk half inch long, stout ; stone
small. Last July.
Emerald Drop.
American. Productive ; branches smooth. Fruit medium, long oval,
one side enlarged, yellowish green ; flesh greenish yellow, juicy, adheres
to the stone ; stalk three-fourths inch long. Last August.
Early Purple.
Sea.
Foreign. Fruit small, roundish, brownish purple, with a scanty light-
colored bloom ; flesh greenish yellow, highly perfumed, sweet, juicy, parts
freely from stone. Early June at South, July here. (W. N. White, in
Horticulturist.)
Elfrey.
Elfrey's Prune.
American. Yery productive, always valuable for drying, often Yery
fine for the dessert, succeeds admirably at the South ; branches smooth.
Fruit rather below medium size, oval, blue ; flesh greenish, sweet, parts
freely from stone. Middle August ; South, first July.
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Early Favorite.
Rivers' Early No. 1.
Foreicrn Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish oval, purple ;
flesh melting, rich, sweet. Early August.
Early Prolific.
Rivers' Early No. 2.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit Uttle above medium roundish oval,
purpTeTflesh yellowish, rich, sweet, excellent flavor. Early August.
Frost Gage.
American Does not answer well in soils of only moderate richness
roundish oval; suture half round, deep purple bloom thm , «e^o^^
yellow, juicy, sweet, adhering to stone; stalk three-fourths mch Ion,.
First October.
Galbraith.
An P^rlv Dlum said to have originated with the late Mr. Galbraith, near
Rotsburi^Pr knd is represente°d as being a straggling grower but the
Huling's Superb.
This variety we have little doubt will eventually command a place in
thJfii^t cats • at present it has been little grown ; Duane s Purple being
Middle August.
Howe-i.l's Early.
American. Branches, slender gray downy, f^t -^eW -edinm
July.
How's Amber.
American. Branches slightly downy. Fruit medium, roundish ; skiu
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amber color, dotted and mottled with rose ; flesh yellow, a littlo coarse
adbermg to the stone, rich, fine flavor. Season last August. (Hov. Mag.)
Howard's Favorite.
American. Fruit large, roundish obovate, slight neck ; stem one inch •
co.or orange yellow, shaded with red, and reddish spots : flesh yellow'
juicy, sub-acid, "good." September. New. J' ^^j
Hudson Gage.
rlow^f 'T* •. ^^^^^^^^ ^'}^ ^"^Pe^'^J ^age, but earlier. Branches
vpCJ' ,^^"'^^^^?;3^'?^aUnlarged one side; suture obscure; skin
yeuow, clouded as if underneath with stripes of green; bloom white-
flesh greenish, juicy sprightly, and mostly parts from the stone, which is
small; stalk half inch long. Early August.
, Imperial of Milan.
Imperiale de Milan.
PJ^^:?r's!'fn Honf ^^'°'' ""^^^^ "^"'^ ^"'P^'' J"^'^' '"-^'^- ^'^''^^'' (^
Isabella.
fiJ^^'fl^^i' ^,7"^hes downy. Fruit above medium, oval, dull red mot-
tled; flesh yellow, rich, juicy, parting freely from the stone when Sllv
ripe ; stalk three-fourths inch long. Last August. ^
ICKWORTH ImPERATRICE.
Knig^ln's Xo. 6.
qtSlI? ^'^ his does not ripen well ; in the Middle and Southern
States It promises yet to become a first-class plum, on account mainly of S
period ofripemng Branches smooth. Fruit above mediuToLvate
purple, with irregular tracings of fawn yellow; fle.h areenTsh vpIw'
S' ' TV o". T'^f'^'T^ ^^ ^ ^-^" ^^-^; stalk half nch long'
?n f dry^pt^e,'w[lfk:^^ L^^ ' '' '^'^ ^^^^^^ ^^ P^P-^ ^^
Italian Damask.
Damas d'ltalie.
Foreign." Productive, succeeds finely South. Branches smooth Fruit
medium roundish, flattened at base; suture half round- sC vio'lpf h'
coming brown ; flesh yellowish green, firm, sweet ^eXkna LTl^V t
oval stone; stalk half inch Ion! slender ca"[>"sCriIr Wt
Bears well in all soils. - i^ugusc
Kirke's.
hW^hf ^"" ^™^^^ ^"^.«°th- F'-uit medium, round, dark purple thick
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Long Scarlet.
Scarlet Gage.
American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oblong obovate, one side
enlarged, tapers toward the stalk, bright red in sun, pale yellowish red in
shade ; bloom hlac ; flesh yellow, rich, juicy, acid, adheres to the stone ; stalk
three-fourths inch long in a narrow cavity. Last of August. A good
market sort, valued for making jelly.
MlRABELLE.
Mirabelle Petite, | Mirabelle Jaune.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit small, obovate; suture distinct;
skin yellow, spotted with red ; bloom white ; flesh orange, sweet, sprightly,'
separates from stone ; stalk half inch long. Early August.
Mamelonne.
Foreign. Fruit medium, .' :)und, with a knob-like protuberance where
joined to the stalk, occasional specimens with unequal surface ; skin green-
ish, spotted with red; flesh yellow, juicy, rich, and parts freely from the
stone. Early August.
Marten's Seedling.
A variety said by C. Reagles, of Schenectady, K Y., to have originated
there, and to be a yellow plum of the finest quality. We have not seen it.
Mediterranean.
This is also said by Mr. Reagles to be a seedling of Central New York,
very large, early and superior.
Morocco.
Early Morocco, I Early Black Morocco,
Black Morocco, | Early Damask,
Black Damask.
Foreign. Moderate bearer. Branches downy. Fruit medium, round-
ish, shallow suture; skin dark purple; bloom thin; flesh greenish yel-
low, slightly adhering to the stone, juicy, rich and sweet ; stalk half inch
long. Early August.
Manning's Prune.
Manning's Long Blue Prune, | Large Long Blue, •
Manning's Long Blue.
American. A sub- variety of the German prune, and superior thereto.
Branches smooth. Fruit large, long oval, a httle one-sided ; skin dark
purple, thick blue bloom; flesh greenish yellow, firm, rather juicy, sweet,
pleasant, separates readily from a long pointed stone ; stalk long, slender.
September.
Mulberry.
American Branches stout, smooth. Fruit large, oval, narrowing to
422 THE PLUM.
the stalk, pale 3'ellow, with dots of red in sun ; flesh greenish yellow,
coarse-grained, adheres to an oblong pointed stone ; stalk an inch long,
slender. First September.
NoTA Bene.
Corse's Xota Bene, | Dictator ?
Canadian. Branches smooth. Fruit large, round, pale lilac or brownish,
dull green on the shaded side, bloom light blue; flesh greenish, rather
firm, juicy, sweet, separating freely from the stone ; stalk half an inch
long, in a round basin. First September.
October Green Gage.
Reine Claude Tardive, | Reine Claude d'Octobre.
Foreign. Branches slightly downy. Fruit small, round, yellowish
green, marbled and dotted slightly with red in the sun ; flesh yellowish,
juicy, melting, rich, separating freely from the stone ; stalk slender. First
to 15th October.
Orange.
Orange Gage.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit very large, oval, flattened at both
ends, bronze yellow, clouded with purplish red near the stalk ; flesh yel-
low, coarse-grained, adhering slightly to the stone ; stalk three fourths
inch long, in a narrow round cavity. Last of August.
Peach Plum.
Prune Peche.
Foreign. Long cultivated at Schenectady, N. Y., as the French plum, it
having been received from France, and lost its name on the voyage : was
only recognized of late as the old Prune Peche of French authors. It is
tender at the North, and an indifierent bearer. Branches smooth. Fruit
very large, shaped much like a peach, one side enlarged, wider than deep,
light brownish red, with small yellow dots ; 'flesh pale yellow, coarse-
grained, slightly sub-acid, separates freely from the stone, which is round
and much furrowed ; stalk short. Last July, first August.
Prince of Wales.
» Chapman's Prince of Wales.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, oval, bright purplish pink,
bloom abundant ; flesh pale yellow, sweet, separates from stone. Last
August.
Prune op Agen.
Agen Date, 1 D'Agen,
P/uned'Agen, I Prune d'Ast,
St. Maurin.
Foreign. Valuable only for drying. Branches smooth. Fruit medium,
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obovato .lattened, purple, with a blue bloom ; flesh greenish yellow, sweet ;
stalk short. October.
Peter's Yellow Gage.
American. Resembles Cloth of G-old. Tree rather longer jointed, and
fruit separates freely from the stone. August.
Queen Claude of Bavay.
Reine Claude de Bavay.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish oval, greenish
yellow, spotted with red ; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, rich, adhering slightly
to the stone ; stem short. Last September. This variety has been, as
we think, over-praised.
Red Saint Martin.
Saint Martin Rouge, I Prunier de St. Martin,
Saint Martin, | Coe's Fine Late Red,
Coe's Late Red.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium size, roundish ; suture half
round, well marked ; skin light purplish red, thin blue bloom ; flesh yel-
lowish, juicy, vinous, separating freely from the stone ; stalk three-fourths
inch long, stout. October. In Northern locations it does not always
mature its fruit.
Red Diaper.
Diapree Rouge, 1 Roche Corbon,
Mirams, ( Imperial Diadem.
Foreign, Slow grower, branches nearly smooth. Fruit above medium
obovate, brownish red and purple, light blue bloom ; flesh pale green
juicy, melting, very good ; stalk slender, slightly hairy, parts free from
stone. Last August.
ROYALE.
La Royale.
Foreign. Branches very downy. Fruit medium or slightly above,
roundish, reddish purple, with light brown specks, thick pale bloom ; flesh
dull yellow, rather firm, juicy, vinous, parts freely from a small roundish
stone ; stalk three-fourths inch, cavity narrow. Last August, and hangs
to middle September.
Royal of Tours.
Royale de Tours, | Royal Tours.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit large, roundish ; suture deep, giving
appearance of one side enlarged, lively red in shade, violet in sun, minute
golden dots, blue bloom ; stalk stout, cavity narrow ; flesh greenish, firm,
with abundant juice, adheres closely to large, oval, flattened stone. Early
August.
424 THE PLUM.
Sharp's Emperor.
Denyer's Victoria, | Queen Victoria.
Foreign, Branches downy. Eruit large, roundish oval, lively red in
sun, paler in shade ; flesh yellow, separates from stone, pleasant flavor.
Middle September.
Thomas.
American. Hovey, in Mag. of Hort., says this is a seedling of Mr.
Thomas, Boston, Mass. We take from his description. Branches stout,
slightly downy. Fruit large, oblong, flattened at apex, shallow suture,
dark amber color, mottled and shaded with red, sprinkled with white dots
and whitish bloom ; flesh deep yellow, sweet, separating from a large
roundish ovate stone ; stalk half inch, stout, deeply inserted. September.
Smith's Orleans.
La Delicieuse.
American. Originated by a Mr. Smith, on Long Island, and first de-
scribed by Prince. As a market plum this is a fine variety, but for des-
sert it is deficient in richness and flavor on moist strong soils. Branches
stout, nearly smooth. Fruit large, oval oblong, largest at base ; suture
half round ; skin deep purpUsh red, with small golden specks and deep
blue bloom ; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, adhering closely to a large ovate
stone ; stalk short, inserted in a deep round cavity. Last August.
Yellow Egg.
Yellow Magnum Bonum,
White Magnum Bonum,
White Egg,
Egg Plum,
White Mogul,
Askew's Golden Egg,
Col. Young's Seedling,
White Imperial,
White Holland,
Went\vorth,
Dame Ambert,
" " Jaune,
" ". Blanche,
Grosse Luisante.
Foreign. Numerous seedlings are produced from this variety, differing
little from the parent. " Long's Yellow " is one considerably distributed
"West. It is a variety only esteemed for cooking purposes. Branche-s
smooth. Fruit large, oval, narrowing at ends , suture distinct ; skin
yellow, white dots, and thin white bloom ; flesh yellow, adhering mostly
to the* stone; stalk long, surrounded at insertion by fleshy ring. Middle
to last August.
CLASS IIL— Unworthy Farther Culture.
Apricot.
Apricot Plum of Tours, I Abricotee,
Al)ricoteede Tours, | Yellow Apricot,
Red Apricot.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, with led;
flesh yellow, bitter. Freestone. August
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American Wheat.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, blue ; flesh greenish.
Clingstone. August.
Admiral.
Corse's Admiral.
Canadian. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, light purple ; flesh green-
ish yellow. Clingstone. September.
Brevoort's Purple.
New York Purple, | Brevoort's Purple Bolmar,
Brevoort's Purple Washington.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit large, oval, reddish purple ; flesh yel-
loAvish. Clingstone. September.
Blue. Gage.
Azure Hative, | Black Perdrigon,
Little Blue Gage.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit small, round, blue ; flesh greenish. Free-
stone. August.
Byfield.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, light yellow ; flesh yel-
low. Clingstone. August. *
Blue Perdrigon.
Violet Perdrigon, I Brignole Violette,
Perdrigon Violetle, | Battle Monument.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, reddish purple ; flesh
greenish yellow. Clingstone. August.
Beach Plum.
Native of the sea-coast. Fruit small, reddish, astringent.
Croft's Early.
A small reddish blue fruit, with yellow flesh, dry and devoid of flavor.
August.
Copper.
French Copper.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, oval, bluish copper; flesh
greenish. Freestone. September.
Cheston.
Cheston Matchless. | Matchless,
Violet Diaper.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit small, oval, purple flesh yellow. Free-
fitone. August.
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Diamond.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit large, oval, purplish black ; flesh yellow,
dry. Freestone. September.
Dana s Yellow Gage.
American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, pale yellow ; flesh yel-
lowish. Clingstone. Septembei
Damson.
Common Damson, | Pmple Damson,
Early Damson.
A variety common in all gardens, increased by seeds and suckers ; many
gub-varieties, under names of Winter Damson, Prune Damson, Sweet Damson,
&c. Branches downy. Fruit small, oval, purplish blue ; flesh greenish, par-
tially free. September to November.
Early Yellow.
Jaune Hative. Jaune de Catalogue,
Catalonian, Prune de St. Barnabee,
White Primordian, D'Avoine,
Amber Primordian, Picket's July.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit small, oval, pale yellow ; flesh yellow.
Freestone. July.
• Early Tours.
Precoce de Tours, I Viole-t Hative,
Early Violet, | Noire Hative,
Violet de Tours.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, deep purple ; flesh green-
ish yellow, fibrous. Clingstone. Early August ; poor bearer.
Field Marshal.
Corse's Field Marshal.
Canadian. Fruit medium, oval ; flesh greenish yellow. Clingstone. August.
Fotheringham.
Sheen, | Grove House Purple.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, obovate, reddish purple ; flesh
greenish yellow. Freestone. August.
Guthrie's Apricot.
Guthrie's Apricot Plum.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, j ellow, with crimson dots ;
flesh yellow. Clingstone. August.
General Hand.
American. Branches nearly smooth. Fruit large, roundish oval, yellow
marbled ; fesh pale yellow. Freestone. September.
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German Prune.
Quetsche,
Common Quetsche,
True German Prune,
Turkisli Quetsche,
Leipzic,
Sweet Prune,
Damask,
Quetsche Grosse,
Prune d'Allemagne.
A variety mth numerous sub-varieties, the best of which is '• Manning's
Prune," previously described. Branches smooth. Fruit long oval, purple ;
flesh greenish. Freestone. September.
Ghiston's Early.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit large, oval, yellow ; flesh yellow. Free-
stone. August.
Goliath.
Caledonian, I Pteer's Emperor,
Saint Cloud, | Wilmot's Late Orleans.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit large, roundish oblong, purplish red ;
flesh yellow. Clingstone. August.
GWALSH.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit large, obovate, dark purple ; flesh yel-
low, acid. Clingstone. August.
Gifford's La Fayette.
American. Fruit medium, long oval, purplish blue ; flesh yellowish. Sep-
tember.
Horse Plum.
Large Early Damson, | Sweet Damson .
American. Seedlings make good stocks for budding. Branches downy.
Fruit medium, oval, reddish purple ; flesh greenish yellow. Freestone. August.
Holland.
Blue Holland, | Holland Prune.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, round, reddish purple ; flesh
yellowish. Freestone. September.
JUDSON.
American. Fruit small, roundish oval, reddish pink, mottled ; flesh yel-
lowish ; stone large, free. August.
Large Green Drying.
Knight's Large Green Drying.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit largo, round, greenish yellow ; flesh
yellowish. Clingstone, insipid. September.
428 THE PLUM.
Lucombe's Nonsuch.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish, yellowish green ;
flesh greenish. Clingstone. August.
Little Queen Claude.
Yellow Gage (of the English.)
Petite Reine Claude,
Reine Claude Blanche,
Small Green Gage,
Gonne-s Green Gage,
White Gage.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, yellowish green, with red
spots ; flesh pale yellow. Freestone. August.
Muscle.
Foreign. Onlj grown for stocks. Fruit oblong, dark red, large stone.
Nectarine.
Caledonian? | Howell's Large.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit large, roundish, purple ; flesh greenish
yellow, partially clingstone. August.
Orleans.
Monsieur, I Old Orleans.
Monsieur Ordinaire, | Red Damast,
Italian Damask of some.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, round, reddish purple ; flesh
yellowish. Freestone. August.
Penobscot.
American. Fruit large, oval, greenish yellow, little red in sun ; flesh yellow.
Clingstone. September.
Pond's Seedling.
Pond's Purple.
American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish, purple ; flesh yel-
lowish. Freestone. August.
Peoly's Early Blue.
American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oblong, dark blue ; flesh yel-
low, partly free. August.
Queen Mother.
Red Queen Mother, | Pigeon's Heart,
Damas Violet.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, purplish red in sun, amber
in shade ; flesh yellow. Freestone. September.
Red Egg.
Red Magnum Bonura, | Red Imperial of some,
Askew's Purple Egg, Purple Magnum Bonum,
Purple Egg, I Florence.
Branches smooth. Long and extensively grown. It is far surpassed by many
UNWORTHY OF CULTIVATION. 429
others ripening at same time. Fruit large, oval, deep red, with gray dots ;
flesh greenish, coarse. Freestone. September.
Red Imperial.
Imperial Rouge, | Early Forcing.
Foreign. Branches slightly downy. Fruit large, oval, reddish violet ; flesh
greenish yellow. Freestone. September.
Red Perdrigon.
Perdrigon Rouge.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish oval, deep red, lilac
bloom ; flesh yellow. Freestone. August.
St. John's.
Prune de St. Jean.
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, purplish blue ; flesh greenish
yellow. August.
Semiana of BostonJ
This has been thought to be the Imperatrice Violette of old Duham^l. We
are not prepared to say, and as it is condemned by all growers, do not think it
worth looking after. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, oval, dark b»ofc , flesh
harsh, acid. Clingstone. September.
Suisse.
Simiana, I Swiss Plum,
Prune Suisse, | Monsieur Tardif,
Prune d'Altesse.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit above medium, round, violet red ; flesh
greenish yellow, acid. Clingstone. September.
Siamese.
American. Branches smooth. Fruit grows in pairs, which is its only merit,
pale yellow ; flesh yellow. Clingstone. September.
Stabeler's Seedling.
American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, greenish yellow, with
white specks ; flesh yellowish. Clingstone. August.
St. Catherine.
Foreign. Branches smooth, valued in France for drying, surpassed here by
varieties of later origin. Fruit medium, obovate, pale yellow, little red in
sun ; flesh yellow. Clingstone. September.
Virgin.
Virginale.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish, purple ; flesh yellow.
Freestone. September.
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Wilde's.
American. Fruit large, oval oblong, greenish yellow ; flesh yellowish green.
Clingstone. July.
White Damson.
Late Yellow Damson, I Shailer's "White Damson,
White Prune Damson, | White Damascene.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit small, oval, pale yellow, few red spots ;
flesh yellow. Clingstone. September.
White Imperatrice.
White Express, | Imperatrice Blanche.
Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, obovate, bright yellow, few red
Bpots ; flesh yellow. Freestone. September.
White Perdrigon.
Perdrigon Blanc, | Maitre Claude,
Brignole .
Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, sfreenish yellow, red
epots in sun ; flesh pale yellow. Clingstone. August.
THE QUINCE.
Cydonia vulgaris^ Dec. Rosaceoe of Botanists.
The Quince is a tree of crooked, tortuous, rambling branches, and
in the usual neglected state in which it is cultivated, seldom reaches
a height of over fifteen feet. In rich, deep soils, however, it will
acquire a height of twenty-five to thirty feet. . While young and
in the nursery, it is of rather rapid growth; but after the trees
commence fruiting, the growth is less rapid, and is more spreading
than upright. The botanical name, Cydonia^ is said to be from its
first attracting notice in the city of Cydon, Candia. The largest
tree on record is growing in the neighborhood of Geneva, New-
York,- and is, according- to the "Horticulturist," thirty feet high,
with a trunk girthing six feet, and branches extending over a circle
seventy-five feet in circumference. In the Journal of the London
Horticultural Society, a variety is spoken of as existing in Persia,
of which the fruit acquires the weight of fifty to sixty ounces, and
ripened, loses all its austerity, so that it is oaten at the dessert like
a soft, ripe pear. No such variety has, however, yet found its way
to our shores, and it is somewhat doubtful if it exists. The large,
pale pink blossoms of the quince mal^e it rather ornamental ; and
appearing, as they do, after other fruit trees have done blooming, it
is almost certain to escape late frosts, and annually produce fruit.
We have often wondered at the taste that cultivates carefully a bush
of privet or snowberry, while the quince is neglected in some se-
cluded, shaded corner.
Propagation. — By Seed. — The seed should be saved by cutting
out the cores and seeds, and laying them in a heap for a few days,
or until they become soft, when rubbing in water and passing the
pulpy part through a sieve leaves the seeds clear. They should
then be mixed with damp sand in shallow boxes, and placed in a
cool cellar or outhouse until spring — care being taken that they do
not get dry, nor yet wet enough to decay. In spring, sow thinly, in
drills, good, rich, deep soil, and cover about two inches deep.
By Cuttings. — These are usually taken off in spring early, from
wood of last year's growth, and are about one foot long each. The
buds should all be cut out, except the two upper ones, and the
cutting set erect ten inches deep, in rich, moi5>t, sandy soil. If
ground is available where moisture can be insured in summer,
without overplus in winter, the month of September is best for
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432 THE QUINCE.
making and putting in the cuttings. Small beds may be made,
well shaded from noonday sun, and watered during the summer
season.
Bi/ Layers. — These are usually made in spring, by bending down
and pegging, as described in a previous part of this work. They
usually form roots the first- season, and will answer the following
spring" to be cut from the parent plant and transplanted into nursery-
rows.
By Boots. — Sm£^l pieces of the roots, from four to six inches
long each, taken off in spring, and planted with the upper end
about two inches under ground, will throw up fine shoots during the
season. For propagating the Cydonia Joponica, or Japan Quince,
this is decidedly the best way.
By Budding and Grafting. — The Portugal and Orange Quince,
being the most valuable, are often propagated by budding and
grafting ; and when quince stocks for the purpose are not on hand,
the common white thorn answers a very good purpose — often doing
even better than the quince, in poor soils, or in the hands of those
who neglect cultivationt
Soil. — The soil, for successful growth, should be rich, deep — say
two feet — and regularly cultivated, or, in other words, free of grass
or weeds. Barn-yard manure, with salt in abundance, mixed, and
allowed to lie six months before being applied and spaded-in around