Quinces & Medlars

QUINCES
On Quince A: £19.00

Champion	Regular heavy crops of greenish-yellow fruit.
Meeches Prolific	Bright golden yellow pear shaped fruit, excellent flavour, precocious.
Pear Shaped	Large crops of good flavour.
Portugal	Large oval fruit, pale orange, ealry ripening.
Vranja	Pink tinged flowers, large pear shaped fruits, golden yellow; reliable cropper, good flavour.

MEDLARS
On thorn. £20.00

Anonymous	Traditional medlar from the south of England
Royal	said to have a better flavour than Nottingham.
Nottingham	Traditional popular variety, also ornamental with large white flowers and large dark leaves. On thorn.

JAPANESE QUINCE

Chaenomeles x superba Boule De Feu

Small rounded shrub with masses of orange red blossom from late winter giving way to masses of quince-like fruits. Use as per quince and useful where the climate is too cold for true quinces. The seeds can be bitter.This variety chosen for its abundant flowering and cropping. £6.50.

 

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