Tall Clover Farm » Quince http://www.tallcloverfarm.com Homeward bound on Puget Sound. Putting in a good day on Vashon Island time. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:31:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 From Quince It Came, and How It Went http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/483/from-quince-it-came-and-how-it-went http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/483/from-quince-it-came-and-how-it-went#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:13:08 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=483 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...] ]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/483/from-quince-it-came-and-how-it-went/feed 4 From Quince It Came http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/277/from-quince-it-came http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/277/from-quince-it-came#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 15:45:39 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=277 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 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 [...] ]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/277/from-quince-it-came/feed 16