Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | S3 |
Tree Type | Quince |
Variety | Vranja |
Rootstock | Quince A |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | Large pear shaped fruit. Quinces usually make small rounded headed trees under twelve feet tall but may grow half as much again in favourable soils. They are self fertile. Their white flowers, light greyish green foliage and large golden fruit are all ornamental. |
Comments | Fruits well elsewhere in St. James (RP & CS). |
Orchard Map |
There are two Little Owls' nests in the paddock. One of them is in a hollow pear-tree to the east; and the other is in a hollow apple-tree to the west. (Robert Lynd from Solomon in All His Glory)