grow tree thrives on our cold winters says Tony Fawcett
And it not just for orchards. With its delicate white spring flowers blooming against soft green leaves it an ornamental stunner, adding a touch of spring romance to any garden.
Then there a fabulous foliage show of yellow and
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If that not enough, the fruit is low calorie with plentiful antioxidants and contains compounds reputed to guard against bowel disease.
Get hooked on quinces and it hard to give them up.
Happily for us, Victoria is quince heaven. This easy grow tree thrives
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It performs well in most soils including clay, isn too concerned about poor drainage, is self pollinating, requires little fussing, and produces luscious fruit year after year.
It rarely gets more than five or six metres high and is affected by few diseases, except for fleck, a fungal problem that attacks leaves and fruit over summer with brownish sometimes purply splotches. The solution to this is spraying with a copper based product around budburst and over winter, or choosing a variety with good fleck resistance, such as Smyrna.
Otherwise it easy peasy,
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Of course, the reason many don like quinces is that in this instant gratification society of ours you can just pluck the fruit off the tree and eat.
For most, the flesh of this lumpy, vaguely pear like fruit is too astringent. It first requires a little work.
It needs to be cooked to bring out its aromatic flavour.
It can also be poached and roasted, and recently has made something of a mini comeback with gourmet trendies as a paste or conserve for eating with cheeses.
The best time to plant a quince tree is
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Trees are ideally pruned early and trained into four or five main branches forming a traditional vase shape.
Over time, the branches will take on a wonderful gnarled, spreading appearance.
While they are happy to do their own thing, regular watering over dry periods, pruning as you would for an apple, and fertilising will give you bumper crops. But be wary of applying too much nitrogen rich fertiliser as it will reduce crop sizes.
Trees are best mulched out to the drip line. Some suckering might occur but it won be a huge problem.
When a quince is ripe you know it. It marvellous. It will have turned from green to a uniform yellow and boast a superb aroma.
Depending on the variety, fruit generally is right for picking from February through into autumn.
Pickable fruit starts appearing when the tree is about three years old and you can expect a tree to bear for about three decades, although we have trees about 40 years or more old that still produce a reasonable crop.
Some like to keep a few raw fruit in a fruit bowl purely for the wonderfully fresh smell they give off.
When obtaining quince trees for fruit, be
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