Quince watch 2016: August update - dreams blown away

Back in July, I was very excited to have nine quincelets on my Quince tree. I was seeing Quince Jelly in my future. All was rosy.

Alas, my dreams have been crushed. Or more to the point, blown away by the recent high winds. The above photograph is of the last quinces to fall.

No Quince Jelly for Gwenfar. None for the Quince Co-operative that Alison over at the Blackberry Garden suggested we set up. You know, a group of us pooling all our quinces in the hope several of us can get a jar each.

All our hopes, that at least someones tree has born edible fruit, now rest upon Nicola from Dogwood Days and Beryl at Mud and Gluts. Do we dare ask how their trees are going?

As for me, maybe next year.

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I am growing Cydonia oblonga 'Serbian Gold', also known as 'Leskovac'. My tree is about 6 years old.

Quince watch 2016: July update

And then there were nine...

There have been some developments since the May Quince watch update. The late May flowering has indeed resulted in some quincelets! Oh, the excitement.

There were ten, until one fell off the tree today. Ugh.

So now there are nine.

Here's one:

Here's another:

Oh the excitement, another!

Ok, I won't show you a picture of all nine. Nine quincelets. I felt a few of them up (ooh err) and they appeared to be firmly attached. Well, apart from the one that wasn't. So there is some hope here that a few might develop from quincelets to quinces.

In fact, a sudden late flowering, well a late flowering consisting of one flower, might take me up to ten quincelets again...

The blurriness of the photo is deliberate (of course) to represent the shaky foundation upon which all my quincelet hopes rest.

The tree has also put on a considerable burst in growth which is also nice to see. Coz potential for even more quinces next year. I've given it a summer prune to take out any branches that were crossing and causing it to be a bit congested. That should help it get more light and air and produce healthier fruit.

So, nine, maybe ten, quincelets. I'm dreaming of Quince jelly. Cautiously.


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I am growing Cydonia oblonga 'Serbian Gold', also known as 'Leskovac'. My tree is about 6 years old.

Quince watch 2016: May

Is this the year when I will finally have my first, edible fruits, from my Quince tree? Now that it has finally flowered, Quince watch has officially begun.

My Cydonia oblonga 'Serbian' (also known as 'Leskovac') is now about 6 years old. Last year it managed one solid hard golf-ball sized fruit. When I say solid, I mean granite solid. It was solid.

Like Alison over at The Blackberry Garden, I have hopes for non-solid fruit this year. Even, dare I suggest it, edible (jam-ible) fruit?

Is this a potential quincelet?

I live in hope. And with a watchful eye.