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[Debby Williams <debby@debbywilliams.com>]

I want to put in a good word for the quince - my mother makes a crabapple 
quince jelly that is
very good.  I had one quince tree in my yard at a rental house and that was 
all that was needed
to supply plenty of them for the jelly. The tree just grew - I didn't do 
anything to help it
along and got very large fruit.

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Debby Williams
Author of Fruit and Urban Kitchen Gardening e-zines at:
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Regional Advisor at http://www.thevegetablepatch.com/
Oakland County, Michigan USA;USDA Hardiness Zones 5b/6a

>
>    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 23:39:37 -0000
>    From: lostman_amiga@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: an good idea.....maybe
>
> --- In nafex@y..., Ginda Fisher <ginda@c...> wrote:
> > I'd recommend fig over quince.  Everyone I know who's grown fig, or
> > lived near fig has raved about fresh fig, which is otherwise
> > unavailable.  The only person I know who grew quince dug it out because
> > he decided it wasn't worth eating.  I'm sure there are some quince fans
> > on this list, and the trees can be very pretty, but still. . .I'd give
> > the fig a try.
>
> Im leaning toward a fig too. They are worry free and tasty.  I havent
> tasted a quince yet.  They are supposed to be like hard apples? I might
> contact the quince expert and ask a few questions before I plant.
> > Ginda
> > eastern Mass., zone 6


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