Despite the white pubescent fuzz, one tough character.
The fuzz rubs off easily under running water, though when you core your quince ($2.50 per pound) you might prefer to pull off the peel, which is edible but slightly astringent. You'll still need to soften it up. As a simpler alternative to roasting or baking, I sliced mine in eighths and steamed it on the stovetop, after which it took equally well to balsamic vinegar and to honey.
On many other occasions: I haven't ventured the squash blossoms, but the cherries ($3 per pint) were sweet if smallish. Clapp favorite pears ($1.40) were very juicy after a few days of brown-bagging it; awkward name, though. As for apples, a blushing golden (not shown; $2 per pound) turned out to be nearly as golden within, soft-textured, and sweet; from "the oldest tree on the farm," a Rhode Island greening (not shown; $1.40 per pound) was very firm.
Locust Grove Farms
Milton, New York
At the Union Square Greenmarket
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