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Chaenomeles Speciosa

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loewenzahn starts with ... Chaenomeles Speciosa or Japanese Quince, I think it is an interesting fruit as the tree is very small. I read that the yields are very variable from seed, and that there is a cultivar named 'rasa', is this cultivar or another good cultivar available somewhere?	About the Author loewenzahn KATOOMBA,2780,NSW 10th June 2017 4:45pm #UserID: 8357 Posts: 60 View All loewenzahn's Edible Fruit Trees
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Manfred says... Well worth growing for the flowers in Katoomba but I don't think there is a very productive cultivar. It is an intermittent producer of fruit at best, but one of the best flowering shrubs because it flowers in mid -late winter. Keep it in check or it will take over the whole garden, and pick a few stems in bud long before they open. The earlier you pick them the paler the flower will be when they open, ranging from near-white to deep red for the ones left to flower on the bush. When older people refer to "e;japonica"e; this is the plant they usually mean.	About the Author Manfred Wamboin 12th June 2017 10:10am #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees
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loewenzahn says... Thanks! Probably the fruit producing variety rasa is not available in Australia. My thought was that this would be a great tree since it is so small!	About the Author loewenzahn KATOOMBA,2780,NSW 13th June 2017 10:49am #UserID: 8357 Posts: 60 View All loewenzahn's Edible Fruit Trees
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loewenzahn starts with ...
Chaenomeles Speciosa or Japanese Quince, I think it is an interesting fruit as the tree is very small. I read that the yields are very variable from seed, and that there is a cultivar named 'rasa', is this cultivar or another good cultivar available somewhere?

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Manfred says...
Well worth growing for the flowers in Katoomba but I don't think there is a very productive cultivar. It is an intermittent producer of fruit at best, but one of the best flowering shrubs because it flowers in mid -late winter.

Keep it in check or it will take over the whole garden, and pick a few stems in bud long before they open. The earlier you pick them the paler the flower will be when they open, ranging from near-white to deep red for the ones left to flower on the bush.

When older people refer to "e;japonica"e; this is the plant they usually mean.

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loewenzahn says...
Thanks! Probably the fruit producing variety rasa is not available in Australia.
My thought was that this would be a great tree since it is so small!

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