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with leafy calyx lobes. the quince as we know it in this country is a different fruit to that of western asia and tropical countries, where the fruit becomes softer and more juicy. in colder climates, the fruit is of a fine, handsome shape, of a rich golden colour when ripe and has a strong fragrance, by
my taste'; and in proverbs, 'a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.' pliny, who speaks at length of the medicinal virtues of the quince, says that the fruit warded off the influence of the evil eye, and other legends connect it with ancient greek mythology, as exemplified by...
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