quince orchard

Strange Fruits and Lots of Quince at the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository

November 3, 2013 · 7 comments

Henry and I made what’s becoming an annual visit to the USDA Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis about a week ago. (You can see/read about last year’s visit here.) Our neighbor Joseph Postman, a plant pathologist, works there and offered to tour us around. I was itching to harvest some quince, but Henry wanted to check out some […]

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Adventures: An Orchard Visit to the Local Clonal Germplasm Repository

October 23, 2012 · 6 comments

Last week, I was hanging around kitchen at Gathering Together Farm, gossiping with my friend Ana the pastry chef while she stirred a pot of fruity danish filling. “I love quince,” she declared. I was surprised. I’d never heard someone proclaim their love for that particular maligned and obscure fruit before. I must confess that […]

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