On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:16:16 +0000, Hussein M.
wrote:

...So why did I
buy the Japanese quince Chaenomeles speciosa instead of the Cydonia
oblonga? Drat!

Because you wanted productivity *soon*. In my experience, quince
trees (cydonia) take nearly ten years to come into bearing.

However, I wouldn't want a garden without a quince tree. The
conserves, butters, preserves and such you can make from quinces
have a unique flavor that I am very partial to.

Now if I could just get a sloe and a medlar!


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

In article , Hussein M.
writes
Hi.

A cunning Google found this nursery which offers not only sexed
cultivars of Hippophae but also a few other rather wonderful fruit and
nut case shrubs which I wish I had known about earlier. So why did I
buy the Japanese quince Chaenomeles speciosa instead of the Cydonia
oblonga?

Because Cydonia oblonga is quite a big tree whereas Chaenomeles fruits
ona small bush? ;-)

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:23:45 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , Hussein M.
writes

why did I
buy the Japanese quince Chaenomeles speciosa instead of the Cydonia
oblonga?

Because Cydonia oblonga is quite a big tree whereas Chaenomeles fruits
ona small bush? ;-)

Dwarfing root stock is the answer.

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

In article ,
Rodger Whitlock wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:23:45 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , Hussein M.
writes

why did I
buy the Japanese quince Chaenomeles speciosa instead of the Cydonia
oblonga?

Because Cydonia oblonga is quite a big tree whereas Chaenomeles fruits
ona small bush? ;-)

Dwarfing root stock is the answer.

Not at all, I am afraid. I don't believe any significant proportion
of Chaenomeles are grafted, and certainly mine are on their own roots.
As they sucker vigorously from their roots, grafting would be somewhat
unreliable :-)

Cydonia is a small to medium tree, and Chaenomeles are usually shrubs,
often thicket-forming ones. C. speciosa gets to about ten feet, and
is the largest grown in the UK. Many named varieties will reach only
3-6', and are often C. x superba.

Chaenomeles have more decorative flowers, fruit much younger, and are
generally much easier plants for most gardens. Which is why there
is so much more of them ....



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