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Originally Posted by musaboru
What a beautiful flower. Reminds me of a Magnolia flower.
Do they do well in So. California? Any chilling requirement?
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The main concern with quinces and pears and other Rosaceae is infection by fireblight. Some European pears are easily striken -- esp. when grown within a few hundred yards of an ornamental (non-fruiting) flowering pear tree - which are hosts for fireblight. Quince is less susceptible, and Asian Pears are rarely affected. Fireblight can be controlled on fruiting Quince in southern California with twice-year application of copper spray. I take the additional caution of using an antibiotic (Agri-Mycin) because of the large number of susceptible plants on my property.
In southern California, I would not try Smyrna Quince in a coastal situation with heavy marine layer. Otherwise, it does fruit where other moderately low chill Pome fruit trees produce; i.e., about 250 chill hours by the
Utah method.