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Quince: Autumn’s Brightest (and often, most forgotten) Jewel When we last left our spring quince tree, she was blushing with buds and fruitful possibilities. It seemed Mother Nature had a different plan, one that was rich in rain and parsimonious with the pollinators.     And so months later under the full moon of October, the harvest of the quince can [...]

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Welcome this uncommon and fruitful tree into your garden. I first encountered the edible quince Cydonia oblonga at my friend Kurt’s farm, where it stood like a garden prop, perfectly shaped, petit and laden with fuzzy gold orbs the size of papayas. With fruits doing double time as well-placed ornaments, the tree was showy and productive. In [...]

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