SC - Quinces

[RANDALL DIAMOND]

Peldyn wrote:
<Quinces? Hmmm.... some people up the road <from me have quince trees. I
wonder
<how they taste?

You are most blessed to have quince trees growing
nearby.  Be sure and stew them and sugar them, as the fresh fruit uncooked
is not edible.  Another source for those having trouble finding real quince
fruit (cydonia oblonga) a very similar plant is used extensively in American
landscaping as a flowering shrub .  This is the red hawthorne or japanese
quince which often bears yellow applelike fruit which become evident in fall
when the shrub drops its leave and reveals its fruit. It is completely
edible and for all practical purposes is just like a real tree grown quince,
though it looks more like an apple.

Akim Yaroslavich
"No glory comes without pain"

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