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In article ,
klara King wrote:
Nick Maclaren writes
Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Oh - I wonder, then, what it was I had as a child. How does the fruit of
Cydonia compare with C. speciosa?

The true quince is furry, with a strong scent, yellowish flesh and
is so highly aromatic that it is mouth wrinkling; it is NOT very
acid and, indeed, is fairly low on acid. That is probably why it
tends to rot fairly fast if stored.

Chaenomeles is smooth or wrinkled, goes yellow only after ripening
(in the UK), less scented, and has very hard, VERY acid flesh. It
is often smaller and keeps MUCH better - like most of winter.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

klara King21/2/04 11:53

Nick Maclaren writes
Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Oh - I wonder, then, what it was I had as a child. How does the fruit of
Cydonia compare with C. speciosa?
Klara

Cydonia fruits are large, golden pear shaped fruits, roughly the size of a
large Bramley apple.

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.
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klara King21/2/04 11:53

Nick Maclaren writes
Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Oh - I wonder, then, what it was I had as a child. How does the fruit of
Cydonia compare with C. speciosa?
Klara

Cydonia fruits are large, golden pear shaped fruits, roughly the size of a
large Bramley apple.

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

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Jaques d'Alltrades writes

And, as many of us post, the fruit is very useful for preserves and
so on. URG is full of Chaenomeles fans.

Common name?

Quince

Ah, thanks. Might have guessed...

(Got some, getting some more)

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Better, Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Getting one of those too - oh, and, your jalapinos are on the way.

(Having a catch-upfest)

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from klara King contains these words:

Nick Maclaren writes
Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Oh - I wonder, then, what it was I had as a child. How does the fruit of
Cydonia compare with C. speciosa?

Japanese quince is more-or-less spherical with a deep depression at
either end...

The European (?) one is rather Williams pear-shaped, usually a bit
larger, the colour of (tinted) butter when ripe, and not quite as hard
as its Japanese cousin.

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from klara King contains these words:
Jaques d'Alltrades writes

And, as many of us post, the fruit is very useful for preserves and
so on. URG is full of Chaenomeles fans.

Common name?

Quince

Ah, thanks. Might have guessed...

(Got some, getting some more)

--
Rusty
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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Better, Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Getting one of those too - oh, and, your jalapinos are on the way.

(Having a catch-upfest)

--
Rusty
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http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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from klara King contains these words:

Nick Maclaren writes
Japanese quince or flowering quince. The true quince is
Cydonia, and is a small tree. A nice plant, but trickier to grow
and not as decorative in flower.

Oh - I wonder, then, what it was I had as a child. How does the fruit of
Cydonia compare with C. speciosa?

Japanese quince is more-or-less spherical with a deep depression at
either end...

The European (?) one is rather Williams pear-shaped, usually a bit
larger, the colour of (tinted) butter when ripe, and not quite as hard
as its Japanese cousin.

--
Rusty
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from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

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The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

--
Rusty
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

My C. speciosa fruit are that size, too, and overlap with the smaller
varieties of true quince. C. x superba seems to produce smaller and
more distorted fruit.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

My C. speciosa fruit are that size, too, and overlap with the smaller
varieties of true quince. C. x superba seems to produce smaller and
more distorted fruit.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Chaenomeles are much smaller, sort of crab appley sized.

Mine are the size of small peaches. (The quinces, that is...)

My C. speciosa fruit are that size, too, and overlap with the smaller
varieties of true quince. C. x superba seems to produce smaller and
more distorted fruit.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.