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Could be winter killing of the flower buds Jay. More likely it is just not
mature enough. Certainly it is not unusual for pears (some pears, by no
means all) to take 10 years to flower. I have a Comice (which should not
grow here at all probably) which has grown steadily without dieback now for
15 years and this year it had its first flower cluster. Just one! High on
the tree, which is also not typical for pears in my (limited) experience. No
fruit, but it was a bad year anyway. I live in hope.

Look to see if the quince has any dead flower buds in early Spring, my guess 
is you will
have to wait a while longer.

Richard

On 11 Sep, Jay Cutts wrote:
> I have Aromatnaya. It's over 10 years old. I've never seen a flower on 
> it, let alone fruit. Does anyone have any idea how this could happen? 
> Shouldn't there at least be flowers, even if they are killed by frost? 
> I'm at 7000 ft in New Mexicol
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jay
> 
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> On 9/11/2012 1:26 PM, rmelrose@danvilleVT.net wrote:
>>> Anyone have any experience growing aromatnaya or some of the other hardy
>>> russian quinces in zone 4?  I'd like to make sure they're worth a try in
>>> our area.  If anyone has any recommendations on varieties to trial or
>>> for sources that would be great.  I note that raintree and some of the
>>> other standard mail order nurseries carry some of them, but are there
>>> other economical bareroot sources?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Anton Ptak
>>> zone 4a w. wisconsin
>> Here's what I have experienced Anton.
>>
>> Northern Vermont -- zone 4a now but previously 3b -- I have tried:-
>>
>> Aromatnaya (1999) It is rather heavily shaded much of the day, but also
>> protected. Has grown slowly and is now about six feet high, no flowers
>> after nearly 10 years and several die back episodes.
>>
>> Kaunching (2003) Full sun with a wall to the North. Grew well for several
>> years and then died for no obvious reason, most likely cold damage.
>>
>> Krimskaya (2004) This is in the best position, very sunny and close to a
>> wall on the SE side of the house. Has produced heavily for several
>> years. No fruit this year but then I have essentially no apples and few
>> pears either after a disastrous Spring freeze. The fruit is small, not
>> even big by apple standards, but definitely tastes of quince.
>>
>> Kurganskaya (2003) Decent position with full sun and protection to North,
>> has grown well and flowered heavily for three years but only set one quince
>> so far which did not make it to maturity. Currently about 9 feet tall,
>> largest of the quinces here.
>>
>> Orange (2003) Behind the same wall as Kurganskaya. Slowly declined over
>> several years and finally died.
>>
>> Smyrna (1999) Died quickly.
>>
>> Tashkent (2003) Maybe a bit exposed, but sunny position. Has struggled
>> mightily and is still about two feet tall after nearly ten years.
>>
>> It looks as though the Japanese beetles are out of control near the
>> Krimskaya -- which is definitely the most successful quince -- I have to
>> work out what to do with them. I plan to plant a couple more, also
>> have grown some seedlings.
>>
>> Don't know of any sources other than the somewhat expensive NW nurseries.
>>
>> Richard
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