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"Franz Heymann" writes:
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| Why not get a profesional gardener with a root grinder to come and
| grind up as much of the root as possible in situ, and just garden on
| what's left of the roots?

It's almost certainly Chaenomeles, not Cydonia.

Hard work with a spade and grub-axe, is the only solution. But I
strongly recommend getting one of the latter, as it will make the
work MUCH easier. Those devices are also known as pick-mattocks,
and consist of a pick one side and a 4" wide blade at right angles
to the handle the other. When you lift one, it seems like a tool
for a hairy-armed navvy, but they are remarkably easy to use.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.