Tree Following May 2025

Is this a quincelet I see before me? 


Oh I think it is - how exciting!!  Quince Major and Minor are having a very good blossom year so far and long may it last.  The foliage is looking nicely healthy too.  It has been a bit dry in recent weeks but not too seriously dry yet.  We had a good downpour the other day which hopefully topped things up.

It has also not been dangerously cold either.  Temperatures have dropped to 3 degrees a couple of times, but not too hard a frost if a frost at all.  Now I look at the long range forecast and think that further frosts are very unlikely. So my dear quincelets - hang on tightly and plump up!  Your time is now and you must grasp it and embrace your destinies.

I predict apple and quince crumble, I predict quince jelly and I predict.....

... mild but not completely unexpected disappointment.

I would love this to be a bumper quince year.  By bumper I mean more than two on both trees.  Is that too much to ask?

Usually yes..... but time will tell.

Take care and be kind.

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