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Varieties
8 varieties
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Self-fertility
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Categories
Almonds
2
Apples
10
Early eating apples
1
Mid-season eating apples
2
Late eating apples
4
Cooking apples
1
Red-flesh apples
2
Apricots
13
Cherries
11
Sweet cherries
10
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
2
Crab apples
36
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
4
Medlars
3
Mirabelles
1
Mulberries
7
Nectarines
3
Peaches
9
Pears
5
Dessert pears
4
Cooking pears
1
Plums
21
Eating plums
14
Cooking plums
5
Dual-purpose plums
11
Japanese plums
1
Quinces
8
Walnuts
2
Figs
3
Juneberries
3
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
4
Not in stock
4
Form
1-year
2
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
3
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
4
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
3
Large
4
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Quince Eline
3
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Quince A
4
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Supplied as
Bare-root
2
12L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
2
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
8
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
7
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
Average
3
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
1
Tip-bearer
6
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
2
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
1
Late
1
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
Good
2
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
1
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
1
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
Average
1
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
1
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
1
April
1
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
1
Cream
Pink - light
1
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
1
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Varieties list
Aromatnaya
A heavy-cropping Russian quince, for cooking and eating fresh.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bereczki
Bereczki is a traditional eastern European quince variety, ideal for jams and jellies.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Champion
A large American quince which does well in the drier parts of the UK.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Isfahan
A sweet-flavoured quince from Iran, that can be eaten fresh as well as used for cooking.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Meech's Prolific
A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Portugal
Portugal is perhaps the best-flavoured of all Quinces, but prefers a warm dry climate.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Serbian Gold
Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Vranja
A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile