"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 29/11/07 09:01, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article , (Nick
Maclaren) writes:
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| In article ,
| (Nick Maclaren) writes:
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| | There is one species of Chaenomeles that I have not seen (or at
least
| | not noticed at Kew or elsewhere!) - C. cathayensis. Given that it
| | looks SO much like one of that group of the Rosaceae, and I can't
| | think of any that match except for Chaenomeles, that's work looking
| | into.
|
| There is also Pseudocydonia sinensis, but that doesn't usually have
| grooved fruit, either!

And Docynia, and possibly a few other genera that I have never heard
of! But I can't find any pictures or fruit descriptions of most of
them - Bean has enough to make grooving on Docynia doubtful, and to
rule out Heteromeles, but the Web fails pretty dismally.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks to you Nick, Stewart and Janet but I'm afraid it's still not pinned
down. None of the fruits you've discussed are grooved enough. I think
you
could say these are about the size of a chestnut and in fact, the ribbing
makes me think of a peeled, cooked chestnut, though on these fruit it's
deeper, more pronounced. As I say, there's a faint citrus scent from it.
However, you've given me a few tracks to go down, so I'll let you know if
it
does turn anything up. In the end, I suspect she'll just have to knock on
the door and ask - probably to be told it was there when the owner moved
in!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Looks rather like a Japanese Flowering Quince there is a similar variety
at
www.obsthof-wassermann.de/cido2.jpg or Vulgaris
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clos...refnum=1301516 don't be
too phased by the ridging on our plant the fruits varied from almost smooth
to very wrinkly not supposed to be edible although Quince Jelly is a
possibility the thorns are probably on par with Himalayen Blackberry though
not a long.
Derek