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When is a Lemon tree not a Lemon tree? -photo of fruit only.

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    The Japanese flowering quince are still edible. If you grate the flesh into apples and stew it,  it is delicious.
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543

    I had my phone with me yesterday when I went by the bush. There is still 'fruit' on this low growing bush but it does not appear to be attracting much attention from pickers.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I suspect most people these days have no idea what to do with quinces. You can't really eat them raw, and you never see them in the shops.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    I wonder if the quince are attractive to any form of wildlife. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    No idea. If not, the fruit will eventually drop off and rot down, consumed by micro-organisms.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As the winter weather arrives they'll begin to rot down ... blackbirds will feast on them.  They love them.  

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





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