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[rmelrose@danvilleVT.net]

I have a `Crimea' quince from One Green World that is actually carrying 4
little quinces this year. Does anyone have experience with this cultivar --
I think the name is more properly `Krimskaya' meaning the same thing?
Mainly I am interested to know when the fruit ripens or matures. This is a
delicate point here in Vermont. By the way, the fruit is rather odd-looking
for quince. They have the right downy covering but look like `Ure' pears
(which I happen to have growing not far away) in shape and pretty much in
size too (maybe the quince are a little bigger). The tree itself is only in
its third year, so I should probably have culled these in Spring. Still, I
would hate to miss out on the little fellows -- these are the first quinces
(Cydonia) that have grown close to maturity here.

Unfortunately Pear/Cherry slug appeared with this cultivar too, perhaps
coincidentally but I suspect not.

Richard

Vermont, 3b/4a (more like 4b lately).