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  • From: "Kieran or Donna" <redherring@tnaccess.com>
  • To: <nafex@egroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Non astringent quinces
  • Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:49:56 -0600

Lon, what I was trying to ask, and finally had to look up the names, is, are
these quinces Cydonia or Chaenomeles? The only Cydonia I have ever
encountered were at Major Collins place in S Georgia. That kind of
contradicts the rumors I hear that they are disease prone, because Georgia's
got to be even worse for heat and humidity than here. I picked some of
those quinces, and they did not soften even when cooked, were full of grit.
I could have picked them too late, or should they be picked early to soften,
like a pear? Are the Cydonias as fragrant as Chaenomeles? I like the idea
you have, you might found a whole line of truly edible quinces. Wasn't it
Van Mons who did that with pears? I kept wanting to bring that up in the
"Big 4 Pears" discussion, that those 4 date nearly back to the very
beginning of butter pears. Did Van Mons actually produce those 4 himself,
or were they the next generation?
Donna TN z6


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  • Re: [nafex] Non astringent quinces, Kieran or Donna, 12/01/2000

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