Quince Eline

General Gardening
#1

I have a quince eline rootstock from a failed graft last year. I don’t really have room for another pear tree but we are about to replant an area of our garden with some more ornamentals.

I wondered if anyone has ever grown out quince eline and so new knew whether or not it makes a good flowering quince in its own right?

Thanks

Dave

#2

All quinces i have seen have similairly sized large flowers. I think (don’t have a source so might be wrong!) quice is quite close to it’s “wild” form. And i’d guess the fruits on quince E might be oky/decent. I’d expect less of a difference between the quality of quince rootstock to quice scion fruits than from an apple rootstock/scion comparison.

Best option however would be to source a scion of an tasty quince cultivar and graft that on the rootstock. You will get beautiful flowers and nice looking and tasting fruit that way.

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#3

Loquat is compatible with at least some types of quince, if you want to try something completely different.

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#4

Thanks Oscar

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#5

That’s interesting, I’d not realised that. Many thanks for the info/ idea

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#6

You can also graft medlar on quince. That one also has quite showy flowers. I prefer quince fruit over medlar though.
Medlar has darker green leaves, where quince has lighter green. Depending on where in the ornamental garden you plant it, that might also matter

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#7

Thanks. Which would stay in flower longer, medlar or quince?

#8

i never kept track of that. So i have no idea

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