Who's growing Quince?

[Stan]

@JohnS

I think that Crimea and Kuganskaya are far and away the best tasting quinces I’ve eaten. These are two that you can eat fresh. Their taste is so similar as to be difficult to distinguish. In Russia, where they are both from, they are both called Krimskaya.

The actual Russian names of these varieties are:

Crimea — Krymskaya Rannyaya (Крымская ранняя), name translates as Crimean Early.

Aromatnaya — Krymskaya Aromatnaya (Крымская ароматная), name translates as Crimean Aromatic.

Kuganskaya — this name has been misspelled at some point, the actual name is Kubanskaya (Кубанская). Kuban (Кубань) is the name of a river and the respective region in southern Russia.