Quince, Medlars & Mulberrys!

[FunkyFlowerpot]

I have just come home from a dear friends house where I discovered she had a whopping Mulberry tree as well as smallish medlar & quince trees.
I believe you can make jellies with these but has anyone any ideas on what I can do with them? Are they really that tasty? Also, do you have to leave medlars to rot?
Answers on a postcard..........

Thanking you in anticipation


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[zazen999]

Blet. After the frosts.

What do you do with them? I make quince marmalade and with the stuff sieved out, I sow the seeds and make quince wine. Mulberries, good for eating, jam and wine. Medlars, good for eating and making medlar jelly or wine, or using instead of apple in crumble.

[binley100]

oooh mulberries...........oooooh quinces.........oooh .......not sure on the medlars...

Yep you can make jellies and jams with the mulberries and quince. Medlars you have to blet which is leaving them to go yukky but not sure what you do with them.

[Alison]

Quince vodka is very good too

[veggiechicken]

Years ago, I made Quince and pineapple jam, having been given some fresh pineapples (I was in Queensland) and found a Quince tree laden with lovely furry fruit. No recipe - just made it up - but it was divine. I keep meaning to plant a quince tree in memory of that jam

[Alison]

I'd never had any quinces at all until a couple of years ago when a friend of mine gave me some of hers. On the back of that I've planted one at the lottie and it's got it's first fruits this year, am very excited even if it is only a small crop this year.

[veggiechicken]

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[FunkyFlowerpot]

Thanks all, gardens not big enough for a quince tree but I'm loving the idea of quince & pineapple jam. Did you do it in the conventional way of making jam VC?


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[veggiechicken]

Thanks all, gardens not big enough for a quince tree but I'm loving the idea of quince & pineapple jam. Did you do it in the conventional way of making jam VC?

Probably.......... It was a long time ago

[The Large One]

My wife made Quince chutney a couple gifts ago
I was on pot stiring duty for a while and it smelt divine
They were left over in the freezer from last year and remembered cutting them up which is a tedious job to say the least...