RT @nick_routledge: @cognazor You might check in with @AgrarianSharing's WA-based Chris Homanics. A treasure chest of tree-crop knowhow, he's our core pillar within the PNW agrobiodiversity movement, knows everybody worth knowing, and sells seed from his own nursery. ASN also cuts scion, of course. #OTD2015
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Photo of Nick tracking quince trees in the USDA quince collection. # Facebook post November 4, 2015. Nick Routledge Today, a quick visit to the USDA repository in Corvallis with Chris Homanics to check in on the quince collection, this season. Quince is a much-underrated fruit, but heavily favored in my circle among serious cooks, and makers of booze. It is also one of the most drought-tolerant of temperate tree fruit, a quality Chris and I increasingly emphasize in our selection preferences. — in Corvallis.
@IntractableLion Was just in the USDA's quince repository a couple of days ago, collecting samples. We've been tracking the collection in field and kitchen, for a few years, now. You growing yourself or harvesting from elsewhere? ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/20721500/catalogs/cydfruit.html
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Chris Homanics with paper bags on the hood of truck containing quince fruit collected from the USDA's quince repository. Quince trees in the background.