Lost art

You can't eat a quince fresh off the tree. Actually, Diane Burdick, co-director of the Skaneateles Farmers Market, said not many people even know what it is. Many farms used to grow them, but the practice has almost died off.

The small yellow fruit is very hard to bite into and beyond that, extremely tart, she said.

“A lemon is sweet compared to a quince,” Burdick said. “But the juice comes out beautiful.”