Hey guys, while my figs are a sleep, I'm planning on trying to grow a few Quince trees in containers, 3. Which varieties are recommended? Thanks in advance.

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Here's a couple pics of cameo from last year. My 2nd bush wasn't in the ground yet, so no fruit.

Talk to Joe Real, Davis.

I have been thinking to get a Quince.  Check out Raintree and One Green World.  They have some interesting varieties.  

Flowering quince is beautiful, but if you want to make preserves, eat fresh, or otherwise bake or cook with quince, you'll want some real quince with edible fruit. If your spot is as FB heavy as VA which I suspect it is(?), watch out. As long as you practice some good plant hygiene it's worth a try.

Aromatnaya seems to be the go to around these parts for disease resistance... but it has also been known to get ill. Please let us know if you have good results with quince in your area!

@Nichole those pics are beautiful! Oh yes they do produce "fruit" but not really edible ones on the flowering quince. BTW what is the fragrance like on the flowering quince? Is it reminiscent of quince fruit aroma? That would be cool.

I don't think the flowers smell like the fruit. Everything I've read about quince talk about their amazing aromas and these flowers had a very subtle smell to them. They looked beautiful and I am quite taken with them. I don't have room in my little city-sized yard for a tree so I had to settle for some bushes. Bummer that their fruit isn't considered edible. Is the flavor inferior? There are several varieties of bush-form quince - are they all the same in that regard?

its not that the flavor is just inferior--it's not really edible.

they are way, way more disease resistant plants though than fruiting quince. i'm not sure about bush-form quince, i'm only speaking about flowering quince if that's the same thing, then yeah they are all inedible :(. I was excited too when I first read about these disease-resistant guys... but yeah :(. 

It actually sounds like some use it for jam... but I believe it has very limited culinary use compared to the more classic quince fruit. the only really major problem with legit quince in our area is fireblight. worth a shot!

Yeah everything I've read about the bush-form quince fruit talks about butters and jams. And that's fine. I imagine the tree form of the fruit is better in those yummy pies.

When we get a new place with more land I will plant a tree along side my pretty flowering quince bushes ;)

I've got a 'Pineapple' quince which produces large fruit. The Chinese quince have a nice aroma and I'd like to try one of those.

By the way, Jon, Joe is Woodland now, not Davis.

Harvey,
Do you mean Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)?  I found some fruits this winter and it smells really good.  The bark of the tree is pretty, too.  However, I am not sure about if I would try to eat it next time.  When I got it, it was still hard and green.  Maybe the fruits I had were not ripe.  

I grow aromatnaya, it's delicious fresh with good aroma, sweetness and acidity. We make jams, preserve but my kids love them fresh.


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I also grow Aromatyna and they are delicious mine came from one green world. I also grow Havran these are HUGE and excellent tasting my tree Havran came from Raintree. Both companies send out really nice trees make sure you request largest trees they have available with branches. These trees both gave me fruit in there 2nd yr. Goodluck Dennis you'll be happy with both trees.

I have a bush, cultivar unknown, it fruits, bearing small "apples"  If you get one, get a tree, this bush is a really nasty looking,  and hard to control.

Bass those quince look BEAUTIFUL!


Do you have FB in Pennsylvania?? Are you spraying--if so what are you using????

Those are EXCELLENT!!!! Very impressive.

FB can be found throughout PA, but those seem to do well for me. I spray with dormant oil before bud break. 

I will have some grafted trees available this spring.

Scott, no, I'm talking about a tree form.  I'm not that familiar with the specifics of the genus, but both types are at Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experimental Farm in Sebastapol, CA.  See http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=194

Edgar Valdivia brought in a quince from Peru which produces smaller fruit but is quite edible when raw.  It's sold at http://www.raintreenursery.com/Karps_Sweet_Quince.html  (David Karp wrote about it and made it popular so it got named after him even though he didn't promote that naming).

Hey Jon!  When we were at Joe's house in Woodlawn....where was his quince tree located?  I remember seeing the Pomagrante and grafted cirus tree.  Was the quince on the outside of the fence?  Once can learn a lot from him!  I might have to visit him this Spring.

Nicole, Bass, you guys have beautiful pictures!  You guys should sell your photos with scratch and sniff!  Nicole, quince has an unique smell.  To me, they smell like a cross between an apple, pear, and pineapple!  I got hooked on them last Fall.  I bought 4 from Wal-Mart and let them sit in on my fruit stand in my kitchen.  The aroma smells so darn good!  After a few days, I peeled, sliced, and baked them in the oven with a drizzle of agave and lemon juice for about 45 minutes.  You wanna talk about good?  Oh my gosh they taste amazing!!!!  They created a nice thick syrupy quince molasses that's truly amazing.

Scott, I like the trees at Rolling River.  To me, their trees are larger about 4 years old.

Hey guys, what is FB?  I got 4 quince trees coming from RR.  I will be grafting these 4 trees on to each other.

I have an espalier fence set up in my back yard with two pears and 1 apple. I am tempted to take out one of the pears and put in a quince tree to take its place. Or maybe where I have a Serpentine flowering cherry tree. Hmmm choices.

Quick question about pruning them and root growth for those who do grow them...

The back of my yard is held up by an 8' retaining wall. I can't plant a tree back there with aggressive roots as I don't want it to degrade the integrity of the wall and push it over with time. Would a quince be safe?

Second question - if I were to plant one back there, are they easily pruned to keep their size manageable?

Harvey,
Chinese quince was Cydonia sinensis and it was changed to Pseudocdonia sinensis.  It is a lovely tree with nice bark color for winter garden.  I think we are talking about the same quince.    

Dennis:I grew it here and had ,big problem with Asian,and European fruit worm.
They both are present here and ,you will find every fruit got at least a couple of worms in them if not more.
And that is while spraying before and after flower.
I can see the mark of the worm on Bass fruits,right there on the pix.

Hey Dennis--FB is fireblight. same bacteria that can hit pear pretty hard.

@Herman Did you ever try spraying with Surround for worms? That is pretty effective organic stuff for all sorts of worms.