That mystery plant with very small pumpkin like fruits now has small red
flowers on it, apparently. Another failed attempt has been made to contact
the owners by knocking on their door. My friend tells me that the leaves
are 'hawthorn-ish'. She's going to knock on the door and leave a note next
time! It's certainly sounding more and more like some from of Chaenomeles.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On Jan 16, 2:04 pm, Sacha wrote:
That mystery plant with very small pumpkin like fruits now has small red
flowers on it, apparently. Another failed attempt has been made to contact
the owners by knocking on their door. My friend tells me that the leaves
are 'hawthorn-ish'. She's going to knock on the door and leave a note next
time! It's certainly sounding more and more like some from of Chaenomeles.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Quince? Related to Chaenomeles or same as?

Des

On 16/1/08 15:44, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Jan 16, 2:04 pm, Sacha wrote:
That mystery plant with very small pumpkin like fruits now has small red
flowers on it, apparently. Another failed attempt has been made to contact
the owners by knocking on their door. My friend tells me that the leaves
are 'hawthorn-ish'. She's going to knock on the door and leave a note next
time! It's certainly sounding more and more like some from of Chaenomeles.


Quince? Related to Chaenomeles or same as?

Des

I've mentioned Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) because this shrub has small
fruits and when I first raised the subject here and posted photos, most
people seemed to be thinking in terms of a Chaenomeles. Cydonia is the true
quince, with lovely big fruits, larger than pears but rather a knobbly pear
shape. The fruits of our mystery plant are too small.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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On 16/1/08 15:44, in article
, "Des
Higgins" wrote:

On Jan 16, 2:04 pm, Sacha wrote:
That mystery plant with very small pumpkin like fruits now has small red
flowers on it, apparently. Another failed attempt has been made to
contact
the owners by knocking on their door. My friend tells me that the
leaves
are 'hawthorn-ish'. She's going to knock on the door and leave a note
next
time! It's certainly sounding more and more like some from of
Chaenomeles.


Quince? Related to Chaenomeles or same as?

Des

I've mentioned Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) because this shrub has small
fruits and when I first raised the subject here and posted photos, most
people seemed to be thinking in terms of a Chaenomeles. Cydonia is the
true
quince, with lovely big fruits, larger than pears but rather a knobbly
pear
shape. The fruits of our mystery plant are too small.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'


Certainly sounds Quincey to me our fruits seldom exceeded 2 inch diameter
turning yellow as they ripened the flowers were more of a Salmon pink
colour rather than a true red, the evil thorns are a good pointer.
Derek

In article ,
"Derek" writes:
|
| Certainly sounds Quincey to me our fruits seldom exceeded 2 inch diameter
| turning yellow as they ripened the flowers were more of a Salmon pink
| colour rather than a true red, the evil thorns are a good pointer.

That is Chaenomeles, not Cydonia. And the thorns aren't much, really,
compared to what plants can get like.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 16/1/08 19:46, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
"Derek" writes:
|
| Certainly sounds Quincey to me our fruits seldom exceeded 2 inch diameter
| turning yellow as they ripened the flowers were more of a Salmon pink
| colour rather than a true red, the evil thorns are a good pointer.

That is Chaenomeles, not Cydonia. And the thorns aren't much, really,
compared to what plants can get like.

I've asked for a photo of the flower, if possible. Judging by the size of
the fruits, photos of which I showed here, it's more Chaenomeles than
Cydonia, yes - if it's either, of course. It's the strange regularity of
the pumpkin like striations on the skin that seem to confound us all.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Chaenomeles flowers come in a range of colours. I have a salmon pink one as well as a red one, and I think yellow isn't impossible.
Cydonia are white to pale pink.