Quinces are attractive fruit trees that can reach up to 20 feet tall, depending on the variety, and produce highly fragrant yellow fruits popular for jams, jellies, or desserts. If you grow a quince ...

Fruits. Consider planting a q (Cydonia bologna). The quince is a pome fruit, sharing that classification with apple and pear, ...

Your beloved apple tree had blackening blossoms in spring and this fall you see black shoots. The ornamental pear tree on your street has browning shoots. The quince tree in your aunt’s backyard has a ...

In Genesis, the Bible mentions the “forbidden fruit.” Though it is commonly identified as an apple, many people contend it was a quince. The quince’s Mideast origin, as well as its fuzzy, ...

After a summer of tending to vegetables and flowerbeds, winter can be the perfect time to step back and focus on chores that keep your garden running in tip-top shape. For some people, winter garden ...

Neglected for decades, the quince seems an improbable candidate for revival today, when consumers demand sweet, ready-to-eat fresh fruit. Why is it, then, that in recent years three books of quince ...

uince tree, Cydonia oblonga, is an unusual addition to a garden in our area. Especially popular in temperate areas, such as the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries, with their long, hot summers ...

Quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a small deciduous tree or large shrub in the Rosaceae family. The quince fruit, called a pome, is somewhat similar in appearance to a pear or golden apple. The tree can be ...

Right now gardeners throughout the Bay Area are poised to purchase fruit trees. Probably on very few people's short list are three unheralded fruits that are low maintenance, drought tolerant and ...

Blooming quince, Chaenomeles, Rosaceae family, is a thorny, deciduous shrub or tree. We have quince shrub bushes that are blooming a bit early, as are the beautiful almond orchards. Usually, the ...

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