Best varieties of quince to eat fresh?

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Years ago, when I live in Chile, I got pretty accustomed to eating quince. I enjoyed them fresh, cooked, jams and jellies. I have no idea what varieties i ate there.

I have always wanted to grow some. I enjoy eating them, they are high in pectin making them a good match for other fruits when making jellies, at least in Chile they made good hedges or fences, etc.

I want to find out which varieties would be best for eating fresh, while also considering disease resistance/tolerance and growing ease in my area (zone 8a high desert southeast AZ)

Thanks for any insights.

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Rust and fire blight are the main diseases. Most cultivars have little to no resistance to either. Myclobutanil solves the rust problem. I didn’t think copper/sulfur do much for it if you want no spray/organic. People were looking into fire blight resistant cultivars in a Quince thread. Krymskaya/Crimean is supposed to be good fresh eating. I’ll see if I can find the Quince thread. Edit: Being in the desert you may not have too much disease pressure.

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