First Quinces
Morning
Viola, Vanilla and Tipsy dashed out to the back garden between rain showers…
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…to the Quince tree!
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Fuzz
The fruit is shaped like a pear, but is fuzzy like a peach!
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Shelter
One of our outdoor friends is sheltering from the rain!
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Fruit
There is going to be a goodly crop!!
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Little
The girls presented the first tiny fruit to Jane!
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Quimper Hittys 
It’s so nice to see Viola, Vanilla and Tipsy together. They are delightful.
I always admire Viola’s hair with the beautiful flower.
I can see Jane’s mind thinking over what good use she will make of the Quince crop this year.
Viola was glad that I finally finished a little repair job on her shoulder, and now she can play with the other little girls. Her carvers did a beautiful job on her hair and the little yellow violet (after which she was named!)
So sweet to see the Hittys lined up on the branch.
What types of things will the QHs make with the quince? Thoughts to be shared, Jane?
Jane may make quince jam, but the humans are planning to make our favourite recipe from last year, quinces poached in ginger wine!
oh, our tree doesn’t look like that!!! I think it’s a tad too exposed to the wind. We’ve two left on it this year (last year we had crates and crates and crates of quince) so a couple of weeks and it’ll be quince jelly time 😉
This tree is quite young, and planted in a corner that is protected from wind, … the insects were lively during blossom season, so that was definitely a bonus, and I also was assiduous about watering this year, hoping to plump up the fruit, and it (or something) worked!