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Mon, Mar 26, 12 at 6:05
-little tree very pretty -and the pink flower is sweet -but the fruit of the poor tree -is impossible to eat |
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 26, 12 at 6:22
| Flowering Quince. Dax |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 26, 12 at 7:40
| are there others in the hood that are ARMED??? apparently you dont want to piss off a quince, man. it'll kill ya ... [of course those 2 inch dagger thorns dont help] ken |
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| Couldn't it be crabapple? |
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| An unarmed tree such as this bears neither spines nor thorns. It does have however beautiful mottled, flaky bark. This is not Chaenomeles. apologies to Trini Lopez |
Here is a link that might be useful: Impossible to eat
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| sam. I hate you. I'm going to have that song in my brain all day. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 26, 12 at 16:46
| btw.. i was not confirming the quince ID.. it doesnt remind me of mine.. i was just making a joke.. lame as it might be .. ken |
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| Some more clues: -This of often a single-stemmed tree. |
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| Pseudocydonia sinensis? |
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| Does the "wonderfully fragrant fruit" produce the scent before or after it is opened/cut? On the tree? I'm assuming so since you haven't tried to taste it. hortster |
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| Bingo! and we have a winner in denninmi. Pseudocydonia makes a smallish, upright tree with great fall color, caution - it is vulnerable to fireblight. In October I bring the large fruits inside and put them in a bowl, their fragrance fills the whole room. They last for several weeks. |
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- Posted by formandfoliage 9b (Sunset zone 15) (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 12 at 8:45
| Great idea on the fruit! I have three of these and can never figure out what to do with the fruit, which is sometimes enormous (if I don't remove some of them they will break the branches). Some people make jelly with it but I don't do preserves. I will do as you suggest next time! Thx. |
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This is not the commercial Quince which is grown in orchards. I don't see why one couldn't cut or hack up the fruit with a cleaver, cook it up and make jelly. The raw fruit has a really great fragrance. Otherwise, it is hard on the lawn mower.  |
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| Chaenomeles = flowering quince Cydonia = common quince Pseudocydona = Chinese quince |
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| Aegle = Bengal quince |
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| The Aegle has landed. |
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| Have two young Pseudocydonia seedlings (~6 yrs old) growing in my yard - the fall color display is spectacular orange-red. No flowers or fruit, yet, from these, and they've not yet begun to develop the attractive exfoliating bark - but I've seen photos that rival the appearance of some of the best crepe myrtles and eucalyptus. |
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