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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

Has anyone tried Japanese quince? how does the flavor compare to Chinese (which has almost a cranberry flavor to me - once cooked and sweetened)  and flowering quince (which is l like a lemon).

Robert
 
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--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Chaenomeles, flowering quince
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 4:15 AM

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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