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On Sat, 5/21/16, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com> wrote:
Subject: [nafex] speaking of quinces
To: "Anton Callaway" <marillen@earthlink.net>, "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016, 11:20 AM
I have a quince tree here
at 7000 feet elevation in NM. It's at least 15
years old.
It
has never flowered. Anyone have any ideas why? Could it be
that the
cold kills the flower buds?
We're not that frigid here (maybe zone 4)
but the winters are dry, sunny and windy.
Is there any other possible
reason? Is there some way I could check to
see if it has even formed flower buds in the
fall?
Regards,
Jay
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On 5/21/2016 9:42 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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