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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Thanks Anton,

I had always focused on fireblight as the problem, not knowing that 
quinces also are severely impacted by rust.

Do you have contact information for Lester?

Best wishes,
Betsy

On 5/21/2016 11:42 AM, Anton Callaway wrote:
> Betsy,
>
> I've been growing quinces for a few decades, but have just about given up 
> because of rust.  If you can't wipe out all the red cedar trees within a 10 
> mile radius (that's an exaggeration), then you will have problems with rust.  
> My last ditch effort was to bring in a 'Lisle's Special' quince, which was 
> purported to be resistant to rust.  It is not.  I took out the tree last 
> year.  The only quince I have remaining is a seedling of Lisle's Special.  It 
> is also showing a lot of rust.  I expect it will be yanked out, too in a few 
> years.
>
> Sorry for the bad news.  I love the fruit also.
>
> Lester Davis gave me a quince-like tree a few years ago.  It is certainly not 
> C. oblonga, but the fruit is similar in flavor.  It gets rust, but not so 
> severely that I want to remove it.  It also has a wonderful fragrance akin to 
> the C. oblonga fruit from my grandmother's yard and the exfoliating bark is 
> quite ornamental.  You might contact him for more information.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Anton
> Piedmont region of NC, near RTP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> > From: Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
> > Sent: May 17, 2016 8:38 PM
> > To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters 
> > <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Subject: [nafex] My poor young quince
> >
> > I have never tried growing Cydonia oblonga before as we have severe fire
> > blight here. However, a site opened up with good ventilation and first
> > AM sun. I love the fruit so I bought a tree. It arrived in our warm
> > early spring, I was able to protect it from the late freezes. It was
> > vigorous and put out at least 10 inches of new growth with healthy leaves.
> >
> > Now, although it has escaped fire blight, it is suffering extensively
> >from rust. The apical meristem is brown and necrotic, each leaf is at
> > least somewhat deformed and every petiole is swelling with future
> > fruiting bodies. One petiole has already started releasing spores.
> >
> > I feel like I have staked a goat out in a tiger infested jungle.
> >
> > So, does anyone have experience with this? Is this young tree destined
> > to die a long, protracted death, or can it survive this severe rust
> > infection?  I would rather rip the quince out if it is a hopeless cause
> > for survival. This IS a bad rust year, my apples are suffering too - not
> > every year is so bad....
> >
> >
> > Betsy Hilborn
> > 7a Central NC
> >
> >
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