[thestens]

I want to try a quince tree ( Vranja not Japanese), but am I too far North. The allotment has an open aspect to the south but is quite exposed. I am between Stockton and Darlington just north of the River Tees. I wouldn't want to buy a tree , take up space and not get any fruit. What do you think?

[gobs]

I cannot see, why not. Check your local frost situation with the flowering times. That's the only important thing. They are generally quite hardy. I do not think most flower too early either.

[Yorkie]

R V Rogers in Pickering, North Yorks is an excellent fruit nursery.  They'd be able to advise you from their experience of growing in northern areas.

[gobs]

Haha. I just checked out the nursery, you mention, Yorkie.

Vranja: 'originates from Serbia; winner of an RHS Award of Garden Merit'

Now, the letter means, Thestens, it does well everywhere, UK-wide.

[gavinjconway]

I've put in a Vranja and a Serbian gold in my home garden this year..  As they are from Serbia they should grow anywhere in the UK I would have imagined..

[thestens]

Gavin is that you put one in recently or last years growing season? The latitude difference between Serbia and Teesside is quite different. I have seen Quinces growing in Serbia and it was a lot hotter there in August than it is up here on Teesside . I guess I'lll give it a go I think I can get  a 2m high tree for £20. What I would really like to hear from people who have done it successfully.

[gobs]

It's quite irrelevant, what's in August, as I said above. Also, the RHS had done it. We do not all grow every variety of plants known to man.

2 hours south from you, I'm growing grapes outdoors. We just felt 3 Quince trees.

[gavinjconway]

Gavin is that you put one in recently or last years growing season? The latitude difference between Serbia and Teesside is quite different. I have seen Quinces growing in Serbia and it was a lot hotter there in August than it is up here on Teesside . I guess I'lll give it a go I think I can get  a 2m high tree for £20. What I would really like to hear from people who have done it successfully.

I planted them in August and November last year. I was told they are about 3 and 4 year trees so ready to fruit.. They are about 10 foot high.. 

[thestens]

The point about August was a general one. A quince may grow it may flower and have fruit set but will the weather be hot enough for the fruit to ripen?
I would be growing it for fruit. I have a fig tree and it has had fruit but they have never ripened.

[arugula]

At the old family home in Glasgow there was a fruiting quince in the garden so the climate is not a reason you shouldn't be able to grow one.

[thestens]

Thanks Argyllie - is that a quince with the big yellow fruit or the smaller Japanese Quince with small pinkish fruit?

[arugula]

We're going back a long time but I recall the fruits being smallish and pink.

[gobs]

The point about August was a general one. A quince may grow it may flower and have fruit set but will the weather be hot enough for the fruit to ripen?
I would be growing it for fruit. I have a fig tree and it has had fruit but they have never ripened.

Quinces are tough and figs ripen the following year.

[thestens]

Gobs I bow to your superior knowledge.

[gobs]

Gobs I bow to your superior knowledge.

Why ask, if of this diposion?