To clarify, I have the variety Hemus (not a seedling of it) as well as a seedling of Triumph.
Somewhere in this thread buckeye put a picture of V-7 with some blight on it but that’s all the information I found..
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For fun I have seeds of Crimea, Aromatnaya, Van Deman. I had them exposed to a diseased branch in the moist ziplock past month, and then will expose again when they grow out. Maybe feed them with fireblight+cedar rust infused water tgus spring/summer lol. Not sure if it will build resistance by making a baby plant stronger like getting chicken pox when you are young, or just kill off 99.9% seedlings leaving resistance ones (I’m only growing 10-20 seeds so maybe none will survive then if its just a test vs proactively making the plant resistant).
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A while back I got some quince trees from another member that they called Dunlop and Wilson. I’m thinking they got the scion from you. If it did come from you, what was your experience with them.
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Dunlop is the one that died. It’s a fine quince but it seems too FB susceptible. Wilson is the Triumph seedling that I still have. I’d be curious how they are working for you or anyone else. Wilson has been super slow growing for me, I’m curious if that is just in the roots or it’s also in the scion. I tried grafting it to another stock but it didn’t take.
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They were planted last spring so I don’t have a lot of time with them. Both grew about two foot over the season. That was the first year in the ground and I thought that was pretty good for freshly planted. Let me know if you want some scion from them next year. How would you rate the fruit from the one you got to taste? Is it soft enough for fresh eating or just a cooker?
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It’s a completely standard quince, it seemed identical to the store ones.
I should have grabbed some Wilson wood this winter to try grafting again, maybe next winter. Thanks for the wood offer but I think I’m done with Dunlop, its too FB prone for me.
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I meant to do a little write up on which varieties had what issues last year, but I got so busy…and now I’m very pregnant and tired lol. I have some pictures I need to post, too. I will say that V-7 DID get a fireblight strike. I have one specimen. If I’m remembering correctly Triumph OP (I have two) both had a strike, as did Bobev’s Triumph. The two specimens of PY98-1 did not have any strikes, which was odd to me because J. Lehman had identified that as being a good cultivar imported for cider making, but very susceptible to fireblight. They seemed lush and unaffected.
It wasn’t a particularly bad or good season for fireblight here last year so I think it will take more time to see. It’s also possible that the ones that were visibly struck will simply be tolerant of fireblight and continue on fine despite it. Again, the trees are very young at this point.
Hope that’s somewhat helpful!
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You just cut the branch and clean your pruners when you cut a fireblight stricken branch on quince? Anything else to take into account?
I personally just do that, yes, and put the cuttings in a bag and trash them. I will admit to sometimes not pruning stuff out, too, but I’m a lazy gardener.