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Is this a quince or a pear tree

a_good_brewa_good_brew Posts: 46
in Fruit & veg
Hi.  This is an old, and recently shortened tree in my parents' garden in Lincolnshire.  What is it?  If it's a quince, as we suspect, then any idea what variety it is?  How should we store and use the fruit?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Pear but no idea which one.   Quince are very much more lumpy and bumpy and round-ish.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That looks like a pear to me. 

    Info on harvesting and ripening fruit here https://livinghomegrown.com/how-to-ripen-a-pear/



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Cutting it will give you a good idea too. Agree with the others...looks like a pear. If in doubt, taste 😉
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • cfaulkcfaulk Posts: 1
    I think this is a quince it has small Orange flowers before the fruit is formed
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