Quince tree   Against wall. 

Planted 12th November 2011 by members of the Wirral Wildlife branch of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust to mark the Trusts 40th birthday and in commemoration of Ray Walkup, Who recorded the wildlife of Dibbinsdale.

Sept 2023   A single odd pear shaped fruit, with a subsequent cutting & tasting made us look closely an what we had assumed as being an old apple tree. We compared leaves with our newly planted quinces.

There are also 4 newly planted quinces. We did wonder what use is made of quinces. Taking to the former Head of a local school which had some quince trees, she said she sold them at the local Farmers Market.

Norton Priory in Runcorn holds the National Tree Quince Collection

Agvambari, Aromatnaya, Borgeant, Champion, Early Prolific, Ekmek, Gamboa, Hov No 2., Iranian, Isfahan, Ivan, Krymsk, Lescovacz, Ludovic, Meeches Prolific, Pear Shaped, Pineapple, Portugal, Rea’s Mammoth, Ronda, Seibosa, Shams, Smyrna, Sobu, Vranja.

The collection and other fruit trees are now under the care of Katie Tonge of Heathfield Orchards

https://www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk/newsletters/quince-essential.pdf