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4 postsThe quince is robust, self-fertile and bears alone. Apple versus pear quince, the late harvest point and what becomes of the hard fruit, from jelly to liqueur.
Pears want warmth, flower early and almost always need a pollinator. How to solve the pear puzzle of spot, quince rootstock and a matching second variety.
Planted bare root during dormancy, almost any fruit tree establishes better than container stock. What to check when you buy, how deep the tree goes, and what it needs through its first winter against voles, browsing and frost cracks.
It is not the variety that sets your fruit tree's size, but the rootstock. What M9, MM106 and seedling mean, and how to choose the right one when buying.
