Home : Fruit : Other Fruit & Nuts : QUINCE, CHAMPION Cydonia oblonga Champion
Quinces are very attractive so are grown as ornamental specimens as well as for their early produced fruit. They produce many large, solitary, blush-pink flowers in spring followed by pear-shaped, excellent flavoured, very aromatic fruits in autumn, which store well. These are good for jam, jelly, wine or added to apple dishes where they add a wonderful extra flavour. Self-fertile but produces even better crops if two different varieties are planted. Quinces need a warm position and a moist soil and flourish as waterside specimens.
Very attractive small tree often grown as an ornamental specimen as well as for its early production of fruit. Many large, solitary, blush-pink flowers in spring up to 5cm (2 ins) across. Medium sized, aromatic, rounded pear-shaped fruit of distinctive flavour in autumn, which store well. These are good for jam, jelly, wine or added to apple dishes where they add a wonderful extra flavour. Leaves grey, hairy beneath. Flesh turns a pink colour on cooking. Self-fertile but produces better crops if two different varieties are planted. Quinces need a warm position and a moist soil and flourish as waterside specimens. Rootstock Quince A. Plant 10-12ft (3-3.7m) apart. Half standard trees available for collection from Garden Centre. Season of Use: Oct
Br   £17.95 Bare rooted stock will be available from Nov., see below/right.