"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 16/1/08 15:44, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Jan 16, 2:04 pm, Sacha wrote:
That mystery plant with very small pumpkin like fruits now has small red
flowers on it, apparently. Another failed attempt has been made to
contact
the owners by knocking on their door. My friend tells me that the
leaves
are 'hawthorn-ish'. She's going to knock on the door and leave a note
next
time! It's certainly sounding more and more like some from of
Chaenomeles.


Quince? Related to Chaenomeles or same as?

Des

I've mentioned Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) because this shrub has small
fruits and when I first raised the subject here and posted photos, most
people seemed to be thinking in terms of a Chaenomeles. Cydonia is the
true
quince, with lovely big fruits, larger than pears but rather a knobbly
pear
shape. The fruits of our mystery plant are too small.

--
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.'


Certainly sounds Quincey to me our fruits seldom exceeded 2 inch diameter
turning yellow as they ripened the flowers were more of a Salmon pink
colour rather than a true red, the evil thorns are a good pointer.
Derek