When dwarfed by budding on the Angers quince, given varieties of the pear bear earlier and the small trees can be admitted on smaller grounds, as with the dwarf apple, and it is easier to thin the fruit and attend to spraying, pruning, and other needed care. But amateurs are apt to neglect the heading back needed to keep the trees in dwarf form. If not headed back in the top they soon reach the size of some of the Oriental varieties. The needed heading back soon gives a broad spreading top, hence they should be planted not less than one rod apart. The buds are usually set low enough to permit covering the point of union from four to six inches. Some varieties unite well with the wood of the quince, while others make a poor union or fail altogether. Hence with some popular varieties, double working is practised. That is, the growth of varieties that make a good union are again budded or grafted with Seckel, Bartlett, and other sorts that fail on the quince.

The main commercial variety worked on the quince for marketing is Duchess d'Angoulême. The first part of the name is now dropped. This large, irregularly shaped pear is shipped to the West in barrels and half barrels and is mainly used for culinary purposes. Other commercial sorts are Louise Bonne, Anjou, Clairgeau, and Manning's Elizabeth.