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Can anyone identify these two varieties?
Eve Wood
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in Fruit & veg
Hi
we have been at this property for two years and I still don't kniw the identities of these two odd apple like fruit! Can anyone help?
Thanks in anticipation!
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Is the second one a quince?
There are Apple Days coming up all over the country in the next few weeks. You should get a proper identification at one.
The first is a medlar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica
and the second one looks like a quince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince
one of my favourite fruits http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/11/nigel-slater-quince-recipes
Lucky lucky you
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Snap! Welshonion
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Great thank you, I thought Quince for the second one. I can't believe the medlar will ever be edible the way is currently tastes though!
Yes, medlars are pretty much inedible until they have been frosted (and some would say almost rotting.)
I love pheasant cooked like this http://www.souvigne.com/recipes/main770.htm with the addition of one or two chopped quince along with the two apples and veg in the cooking pot. Absolutely delicious.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
yep def medlar and quince