[1751] Neither the people of Turin nor of any other place are known at the present day to make this preparation.
[1752] The quince, the Pirus Cydonia of Linnæus.
[1753] From Cydonia, a city of Crete. The Latin name is only a corruption of the Greek one: in England they were formerly called “melicotones.”
[1754] Or “golden apple.” The quince was sacred to Venus, and was an emblem of love.
[1755] Apparently meaning the “sparrow quince.” Dioscorides, Galen, and Athenæus, however, say that it was a large variety. Qy. if in such case, it might not mean the ostrich quince?
[1756] “Early ripener.”
[1757] Quinces are not grafted on quinces at the present day, but the pear is.
[1758] Fée suggests that this is a kind of pear.
[1759] Probably on account of the fragrance of their scent.
[1760] We learn from other sources that the bed-chambers were frequently ornamented with statues of the divinities.