Quince
Cydonia oblonga
MediumSecondary
Production
An easy, hardy little fruit tree that tolerates heavier, damper soil than most — plus it's the classic dwarfing rootstock for pears. The fruit's for cooking, not eating raw.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Clay
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -25°C
- Min. rainfall
- 600 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Small, easy fruit tree that tolerates heavier and moister soils than most; also the classic dwarfing rootstock for pears. Generally self-fertile.
Watch out for
Susceptible to fireblight, which can kill branches or the whole tree; fruit is fragrant but astringent raw and is normally cooked into jams, pastes or preserves.
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