11/03/2025
🌳 Long post ahead (tl:dr version: we expect to open 11/8 at 10 am, keyword expect) We want to start by saying we appreciate all of those that have reached out asking about our quince. So far everyone has been very understanding that Mother Nature is changing and we cannot control her.
This year was not a good growing year for many fruit growers, due to multiple factors. We’ve spoken to some pomegranate growers/neighbors and we all agree, it was a very bad year. 1) We had a late, unexpected freeze that killed trees and new growth on established trees. That freeze set us all back a good month on fruiting. 2) Then came the winds, those Dust Bowl-era winds that tormented the county of El Paso during our fruit setting time. We lost a lot of pollinated flowers and early fruit during those wind storms. 3) Although parts of El Paso saw flooding amounts of rain, our little orchard did not. We were relatively dry this monsoon and on top of that only received 4 river irrigations from the county. 4) Temperatures are too warm to aid in the ripening of the quince. Quince needs cool night time temperatures to achieve that beautiful aroma and taste that seduces us. We are hopeful that the last couple of nights of cool weather are enough to ripen the fruit. With all that being said, we have maybe about 10% of our normal fruit yield on the trees right now. We do not have any that look like they are close to our beautiful 1lb fruits we so proudly share with y’all. We will update you as we get closer to the weekend. This season is looking like it will be a short one.
