00:28:10 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Welcome to everyone and thanks for joining us!
00:28:44 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Here’s a link to Barbara Ghazarian’s book, Simply Quince: https://www.amazon.com/Simply-Quince-Barbara-Ghazarian/dp/1931834318
00:33:41 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Here’s a link to Nan Stefanik’s Vermont Quince Company: https://vermontquince.myshopify.com/
00:34:38 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Here’s another link, to Rob Siegel’s website Quince Essential: https://quince-essential.com/
00:35:07 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Be sure to check our Interest Group page in the next day or so to view the presentations and other resource files.
00:35:39 David Meyers: Am I the only one not seeing the slides?
00:36:04 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: David, we can see it here.
00:39:17 Rob Siegel: We can see/hear all
00:53:29 Eric Bina: Where do I get Bobev’s Triumph?
00:55:06 Bryan: I’m interested in learning about orchard design: Spacing between rows, within rows, pruning methods, etc.
00:58:13 David Meyers: There is a nursery – Fruitwood Nursery – that appears to offer scion wood for Bobev’s Triumph.
01:07:07 Dan Lefever: rusts are not harbored by cedars, only junipers. cedar apple rust is a misnomer for Eastern Red Cedar which is Juniperus virginiana. It harbors 3 types of rust, CAR cedar apple, Quince rust, and hawthorn rust. CAR affects leaves mostly, quince rust infects developing small fruit and if infection is heavy enuf the tree aborts the distorted fruit, hawthorn affects hawthorn and service berry (amelanchier) not apple. do you have any rusts on West coast? what do you know about the very large fruited Cydonia oblongata (size and shape of a large eggplant)?
01:08:12 Gloria Bell: Yes rusts on the west coast
01:08:58 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Is anyone else getting hungry looking at all these amazing quince dishes?
01:09:00 Gloria Bell: Pacific west coast of canada
01:09:17 Gloria Bell: YES! and gorgeous photos too
01:09:52 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Indeed
01:10:58 David Meyers: For the foodies – my mother used Quince instead of apple for pies. Delicious.
01:11:13 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Yum.
01:20:13 Eric Bina: When I search germplasm repository now, it only lists three cydonia
01:25:22 Eric Bina: Aromatnaya had many insect pests in central IL. And then the whole tree died of fireblight this year.
01:26:12 Jens Breiland: I found a lot more quince in germplasm by typing in quince in the plant name field, leaving the scientific name blank
01:26:35 Gloria Bell: try cydonia
01:26:52 Gloria Bell: there should be many
01:27:35 Dan Lefever: how do you deal with fireblight? Quince are way more susceptible to FB due to late, long after apple, large blooms which are the most vulnerable part of the plant when spring temperatures are warmer during rain periods.
01:27:53 Rob Siegel: https://www.facebook.com/QuinceEssential/
01:27:58 janet: I’ve only seen 2 quinces: my aunt’s meter bush in Milwaukee (she used the fruits for pomander) and the trees at the Cloisters in NYC. The former Asian and the latter European?
01:28:39 Rob Siegel: We have Havran and yes, they crack, but are huge and great for cooking
01:30:40 Bryan: Can anyone provide a resource that speaks to commercial orchard design. Spacing between rows, within rows, irrigation needs, pruning style, etc?
01:30:51 David Meyers: Is there a minimum required chill factor? I am in northeast Texas…peach/pecan country.
01:34:27 Roy Ross: Aren’t quince flowers “perfect” and don’t need another flower for plination?
01:35:54 Bill Wardwell: could the link to the germoplasm database be posted? thanks
01:36:16 Alan S.: I grow quince near the coast (<50 hours of chill hours) in containers. They do very well and fruit fine. However, they grow very fast. I normally prune only when they are dormant in the winter. Should I prune in the summer, or at least pinch them?
01:36:41 Lauri Reinhold: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/search
01:36:42 Lauri Reinhold: lauri.reinhold@usda.gov
01:37:36 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Thanks, Lauri, for providing the link to the germplasm bank.
01:37:56 Lauri Reinhold: Unfortunately, I have to run. Thank you so much for having me! Please feel free to reach out with any questions or follow-up.
01:43:40 Sonia Schloemann: wouldn’t summer pruning increase the risk of fire blight infection?
01:43:41 David Meyers: Texas A&M recommends spraying “Ferti-lome” – a streptomycin sulfate antibiotic, on flowers and shoots early on. They also say a copper sulfate fungicide is an option if used repeatedly during the blooming season. I have not tried it – just started doing fireblight research after one quince got it bad.
01:45:36 Gloria Bell: What is the preferred method for propagation of cuttings
01:45:47 Bill Wardwell: I lived in Azerbaijan for 10 years and had quince everywhere. Our largest quince tree was over 25′ tall and very old. It was an excellent climbing tree.
01:50:17 Dan Lefever: to help prevent splitting in fruit, get more copper in to the tree, it makes the plant more elastic and stretchy
01:50:26 Gloria Bell: Anyone smell quince flower? Are do not smell good. Like rubber or a bandaid…Maybe it’s just mine!
01:52:12 EJ DESLAURIERS: Thanks inspiring zoom meeting..👏
01:52:17 Jeanne: Thank you all. Very informative.
01:52:41 Gloria Bell: amazing. THANK you all
01:52:56 Jens Breiland: Thank you all
01:52:57 David Meyers: Most informative Quince discussion I have had! Thank you, very much. Lots of knowledge and ideas.
01:53:06 Gloria Bell: totally
01:53:07 Rob Siegel: Thanks to all. Great sharing!
01:53:08 Chris Homanics: Quince is the world’s best fruit. change my mind 😉
01:53:16 NAFEX Host – Leslie Wade: Thanks to everyone for joining tonight!
01:53:18 Gloria Bell: 🙂
01:53:18 Rob Siegel: I agree, Chris
01:53:59 Nan Stefanik: thanks, everyone!
01:54:18 Joseph Postman: Thanks Chris – Add a quince to any fruit recipe. My favorite is quince cubes in my cranberry sauce.
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