Show Tho Quince Blossom The beauty of the applo blossom has been sung by the yard and for ages but the quince blossom has in some way failed to inspire the poets though it is a lovely flower at first a cone of five close wrapped pink petals that gradually gradual-ly unclose till there is a globo slightly opened at the top showing the yellow antlers within The petals keep one deep pink edge the rest getting paler till the opposite side is lost white Finally tho flower open into a flat delicately tinted cup with the pistils holding up tho group of yellow antlers on mauve pink stems The glossy green quince leaf with its white satin under finish fits well with the flowers and so does this cup that the glass blower in Murano made by rolling a white hot bulb of greenish glass over a sheet of gold leaf and blew and tossed and flattened flat-tened on one end and cracked evenly off at the other till it stood shapely and gold flecked ready for these faraway New England quince blossomsNewport News |