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- From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Quince
- Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 07:14:26 -0800
Title: Re: [NAFEX] Quince Actually, some quinces are, or can be, edible raw. They have an aromatic flavor that I like very much and have been looking for a type that was fully edible raw for years. Smyrna is about the closest thing to it in a commercially available quince. When fully ripe and allowed to "mellow" for a couple of weeks, it's about like a solid, somewhat acid apple. I've been testing some other varieties and have found a few that are a little more tender, but they ripen on the late side for me, such that I think they need a hotter climate to get the acid down more. I'm in contact with people who claim to have a truly edible quince and am due to get some this year.
-Lon RomboughGrapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com
Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003
Look at the quince... From everything I have ever read, it is a wonderful cooked fruit, with many uses, but cannot be consumed raw.
I have never found one in any market in my travels. A member of NAFEX supplied me with seeds, I got the seedling off to a good start, and another NAFEX'r (with a lot more land) is growing them out.
Hook or by crook, I will taste a quince.
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[NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
Ed Forest, 03/06/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
loneroc, 03/06/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
list, 03/06/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
Tom Olenio, 03/07/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Quince, Lon J. Rombough, 03/07/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
Tom Olenio, 03/07/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
list, 03/06/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] Black currant taste/flavor/aroma,
loneroc, 03/06/2004
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