Quince on pear

General Fruit Growing
#15

Some are said to be good enough to be eaten fresh which to me says they should be cooked.

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#16

Watch out for quince rust, its like CAR but worse as it infects the fruits.

Quince are great for cooking. The classic recipe is quince jelly.

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#17

I have found that “edible” doesn’t always mean palatable!

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#18

I have two pears on quince. Works really well!

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#19

I know quince dwarfs pears but I suspect pears do not dwarf quince. I’m also considering grafting a couple of Hawthorne on the same tree. Here’s a link with examples of this scion wood http://nuttrees.net/assorted-scion.pdf and pricing Scion Wood For Sale. Here is where we can buy quince if we don’t care to graft Fruit Trees For Sale

#20

I really like quince. If I had to choose between quince and pear I’d choose quince. I never eat them raw.

When cooked they transform, the flesh becomes soft, the color turns rosy red (after a long, slow time) and the astringency disappears.

I like to bake them like a baked apple with lots of vanilla sugar and eat with a scoop of ice cream. I like to make a compote for waffles and such. I also like the juice for a dry (astringent) soda, or just sauce it like apple sauce (although I find fruit sauces a bit boring).

Quince paste is also delicious, but its just too much sugar to be worth it for me most of the time.

Oh, and by the way, I’ve grafted quince onto my sister’s European pear of unknown variety. It grew well and produced fruit for 2 years. The tree never gets pruned and I think the Hosui on the same tree is shading it. I think the quince branch is still alive, but I haven’t seen fruit on it the last couple of years.

The tree gets less that good care.

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Grafting loquat into pear
#21

Thanks Murky that tells we what I need to know.

#22

You’re welcome. Someone else mentioned that pear may not dwarf quince. Well, my impression is that quince are naturally slow-growing. If anything it may be that quince are not put on pear, because they are already genetically low vigor and the under stock is probably prone to overgrow the scion with quince on pear.

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#23

I grafted around 20 or so quince varieties onto Quince A roots, no help on the OP question here. I have enjoyed quince fruit for baking and preserves, the pectin that comes out of those fruit is amazing, even the soaked seeds exude it! Cooked texture is superb, and the aromatic quality is also quite wonderfully unique- that’s why I am trialing them here in the northern limits…I also rooted a few cuttings from dormant wood, other folks have described this as quite easy, I got around a bit less than half to take this way, though my grafted plants are way ahead of these now.

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#24

Not that you need my opinion on this Murky. I think your correct about the Quince being a natural dwarf/low vigor tree. It is my opinion that almost any dwarfing root stock would most likely be a smaller tree if left to grow out without grafting on top. On a side note I’m considering letting one of my M111/Bud9 grow out and incorporating it into my landscape. I’m pretty sure I will get a smaller apple tree with beautiful foliage.

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#25

In defense of quince as an edible, the whooshing sound you may have heard a few weeks ago was various responders to my local Portland ads for free quince; 300 pounds was taken over just a few days. There are people who put the stuff to good use.

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#26

Larry,
What type of quince do you grow?

#27

A single ‘pineapple’ quince tree. Good flavor when chewed fresh, but then you would have to swallow the equivalent of coarse sawdust. The fruit does require some work.

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#28

I can eat almost any fruit but the quince I tasted reminds me of your comment. It was a little tough to swallow. Just wondering if it would be better cooked.

#29

Any cookery you an do with apples you can do with quince: Sauce, juice, bake, wine, etc.
Traditional quince recipes (jelly, membrillo, etc.) use small quantities of fruit.

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#30

Quince is for cooking. Have you ever tried green coffee beans?

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#31

The “Jam” is membrillo, served with a sharp cheese and a cracker as tapas.

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#32

I grew quince on pear for the last 3 years. I made several grafts all of which suddenly failed this year. I would say quince on pear is only partially compatible and will always fail long term.

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#33

Only graft pear on quince if that variety is compatible. Otherwise, graft it onto the pear afterwards.
John S
PDX OR

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#34

I have pears on quince that are max 8 feet tall. They are old trees and wont’ get bigger. When you have quince, you prune it, stick it in the ground and it makes another tree. Graft onto that one too.
John S
PDX OR

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