On 11/12/07 15:03, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On 11 Dec 2007 14:58:58 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article ,
Martin writes:
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| | If the quinces are pear-shaped, ...
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| | If the quinces are apple-shaped, ...
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| There are Chaenomeles varieties that are pear-shaped and Cydonia
| ones that are apple-shaped. The rest of your description is OK.
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| and the inside of the pear-shaped type is woody?

Neither Cydonia nor Chaenomeles are woody.

I wonder what the woody pear shaped &sized things were that we were given. She
thought they were quince.

Unripe quince, perhaps?
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