Terminal bud looks definite pear.
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Anybody have flowering quince that are ready to burst? Mine have beautiful pink flowers.
Is this the same type of quince that is used for grafting stock?
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I think flowering quince are generally Chaenomeles japonica, while the large yellow fruit type, and one that’s used for rootstock, are Cydonia Oblonga. The spines make me think yours is the former, although I’m far from a quince expert.
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I’ve gotten a couple small (1.5-2”) yellow quince off this clumping type. It definitely has thorns!
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A few months back I had the pleasure of eating a fig that changed my view of the plant. Can someone help me identify the variety? If memory serves, it either tasted like raspberry or strawberry jam and was sweet and intense. Fig was harvested September 21st. It had green skin with slight purple, and it had a pink interior with a large eye. I have no memory of a crunch of seeds. Grown in 7a. At least 8ft in height.
By my assessment, it is some sort of adriatic fig, but that’s where my experience ends.
Could it be adriatic JH? Is Sept 21 too late for that? Maybe Verdino del Nord?
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No idea since I’m just starting off myself but this is how i ended up with over 75 varieties and even more actual trees growing 
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So apparently online they mention the fig varieties they grow: POP Fig Varieties! – Philadelphia Orchard Project I’ve reached out to the co-director to confirm, but I think it’s a variety called larchwood. I couldn’t find any information about the variety anywhere else, but from the description of “best tasting”, green outside, red inside, juicy and sweet, August-October, I think it’s correct. However the leaves look wrong… In any case, the really interesting question is: what variety is larchwood related to? Is it just an alternate name for an existing variety? @ross this park is nearby you; have you gotten a chance to try the fig and can suggest what variety it might be?
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The photos you have showing the tree/leaves are an exact match for Hardy Chicago. I cannot identify the fig that’s half eaten in someone’s hand.
However, HC is not a green fig unless it’s picked underripe. When it gets very cold, they turn from green to purple rather slowly, and sometimes they can stay mostly green.
I can’t identify the fig in the photo you attached showing the eye either, but it could very well be HC. Whatever that is, the eye is not normally open like that. It took a lot of rain damage and swelled up, which is not a good sign for consistent fruit quality.
In the attached photo, zoom in and you can see a purple fig on the tree. That’s definitely HC.
Thanks for the link but POP has many locations where they maintain urban orchards and they have a lot more fig varieties than what’s listed there. The leaves of Larchwood don’t match your photos at all. Is it possible you took photos of a tree that didn’t match up to the half-eaten fruit in your hand?
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