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Matt, do you know what variety you have?  I guess I never realized
there were quinces that could be eaten out of hand.

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems like some people get flowers early, others not. Mine bloomed the
> year after planting, no fruit, but has had blooms and modest amounts of
> fruit every year since. It's the only tree fruit that we have here this
> year. Bloomed about 3-4 weeks after pear. Definitely self-fertile. Also,
> mine is one of our fastest growing fruit trees, it was planted in 2008 and
> has grown 2-3 feet every year. It's probably 12 feet high now.
>
> Fruit tastes all right. I wouldn't eat it raw. And I don't have any other
> quinces to compare it to. But it's hard, tart, and 'aromatic' as
> advertised. I made a batch of applesauce with one quince, and it was quite
> good.
>
> As far as hardiness, we're in z5 but we have had lows of -24 since it was
> planted, and no sign of damage.
>
> -matt
> z5 se MI
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:06 PM, <rmelrose@danvillevt.net> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >
>> > Jay Cutts
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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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