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1526 Grete Herball cclxxx. sig. Qi^v/1 Mala citonia ben quynce apples... They haue myght to restrayne and to conforte and be of more vertue grene than drye.

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 48 A Quince apple. Malum scepteanum.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxv. 480 The Garden and reclaimed quince tree beareth two sortes of fruites, the one the male, which is called the quince apple, the other the female which is called the quincesse.

1665 J. Rea Flora iii. i. 210 The Quince-Apple is a fair smooth yellow Apple, something like a Quince, of a very good taste.

1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) II. at Malus The Quince apple: This is a small Fruit, seldom larger than the Golden-pippin; but is in shape like the Quince.

1847 J. M. Ives New Eng. Fruit 46 Quince Apple.—The tree of this variety is of vigorous growth; the size of the fruit large.

1933 Times 1 Nov. 15/5 The Pear apple and the Quince apple suggest experiments with the stock of other fruits, but the genesis of the Parsley apple is less obvious.