chinese quince

Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) is a slow, long-lived tree that a grower plants once and lives with for decades, so the spacing and site decisions

Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) never softens on the tree the way a pear does, so growers who wait for a squeeze test end up picking either too

Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) is rarely eaten raw because the flesh is hard and astringent, so most of what a person actually consumes is a cooked

Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) is too hard and too astringent to eat off the tree, but sliced and packed with sugar it releases an amber syrup