Re: [nafex] speaking of quinces

Jay,

How are your quinces doing?

Embarassingly, I just noticed that you had attempted to send an email to me last year. I was cleaning up my overflowing inbox and saw that the spamblocker was overly protective and furthermore has auto-deleted the original message.

Please accept my apologies for the very late response.

Best regards,

Anton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
>Sent: May 21, 2016 11:20 AM
>To: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>, mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [nafex] speaking of quinces
>
>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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