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[Steve Herje <loneroc1@gmail.com>]

Most cultivars of flowering quince are not flower bud hardy in a solid zone
4.  I have one that generally blooms well in my 3-4 garden but have not
found a hardy pollenizer so it could have babies.  Mine's a wild-collected
high altitude Japanese form from Fairweather Gardens in New Jersey.  I
haven't seen the fruit so I can't say whether it'd be a good place to start
but I'm sure our fairweather friends could tell you.

Steve Herje
Southwest Wisconsin
USDA zone 3-4 where it's barely reached -30F so far this year.  Not sure
what everyone is snivveling about ;-)
 On Mar 5, 2014 2:19 AM, <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

>  Here's an interesting article on the development of Chaenomeles species
>  as fruit crops:
>
>  <https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-385.html>
>
>  I notice "up to 150 mg. vitamin C/100 gm."
>
>  Some time ago on this list, Chaenomeles was recommended to me as the
>  best substitute for lemon.
>
>  About 30 years ago, the late Lawrence Hills of the Henry Doubleday
>  Research Association
>  (blessed be his name) in the UK recommended the cultivar "Boule de Feu"
>  for fruit.
>
>  Doug Woodard
>  St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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