On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Sacha wrote:

My parents grew Quince quite successfully only a few miles away from you. We
used to harvest the fruit very late in the year for Quince jelly. I've no
idea which form they grew but it was a relatively small bushy shrub.


That sounds like Chaenomeles japonica. The real quince is Cydonia oblonga
and the fruits are huge and pear shaped. Placed in a bowl in a room they
will perfume it beautifully. And an old Cydonia tree is a thing of beauty,
IMO.


My neighbour here in France has a quince tree (cydonia) and last year
she gave me some from which I made quince jelly. And that was
beautifully perfumed.

David

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David Rance
writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France