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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Chaenomeles, flowering quince
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:15:30 -0500

I've encountered a few recommendations of an ornamental cultivar that
has been around for at least a few decades as useful for fruit: "Boule
de Feu (Fireball?)." The person who sticks in my mind is the late
Lawrence Hills of England writing 30-40 years ago. He was a very
experienced and knowledgeable horticulturist.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Melissa Kacalanos wrote:
I've always enjoyed the flowers of flowering quince, and wanted to try the
fruit, so I'm thinking of planting one or two. Which varieties? I find
intriguing articles like this about breeding programs to produce better
fruiting cultivars:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-385.html
but can't find any actual new cultivars available.

Melissa





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