[Sca-cooks] Is This a Type of Quince?

[Johnna Holloway]

There are different varieties and they will grow in Ohio.

http://www.weymouthfarms.com/
(Although not in the drought of last summer.)

http://www.weymouthfarms.com/home/asian-pear-varieties-1

Johnnae

On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Johnna Holloway wrote:

> I think it's an Asian Pear.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus_pyrifolia
> 
> Johnnae
> 
> On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Elise Fleming wrote:
> 
>> Greetings!  Can anyone positively identify the type of fruit tree this is?  A resident in my retirement community says that it's a quince, but I'm not sure.  It grows in the scrub area at the edge of the community.  I've looked online, but it appears to be rounder, more globular, than most quince varieties.  Here is the link to my Flickr site where this is the first of three photos of "the tree":
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/8311418@N08/8160947226/in/set-72157631799881583/
>> 
>> Sure hope someone knows!
>> 
>> Alys K.