From the trees that I’ve seen here in the Portland area, Pineapple is the variety with the best disease resistance. It is not edible raw. I prefer Krimskaya/Crimea/ Kuganskaya for the raw flavor.
John S
PDX OR
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Interesting. I’d have to say that compared to my other quince varieties, ‘Pineapple’ is a little below average for disease resistance and also less willing to convert flowers into fruit. It tends to get more splotchy leaves and despite flowering heavily for the past few years, it has set few fruit (but what it did set was absolutely delicious).
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The edibility of raw quince has two components: flavor/juiciness and chew/swallow.
My ‘pineapple’ quince is juicy and has great flavor. It chews down to coarse sawdust with some effort and is then spit out rather than swallowed.
I have encountered bland quince fruit from other neighborhood quince trees for comparison.
The ‘pineapple’ tree gets dark-spotted leaves every year, but only in certain sectors of the tree. Leaves can be 1/2 spots while leaves two feet away are spotless. The leaves of new-growth juvenile whips at the top of the tree are spotless.
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You might find this discussion interesting.
I am not sure why this one wasn’t on my radar; I’ll have to order scion. Thank you for mentioning it. We had another unremarkable year for fireblight in my area so none of the varieties I have in ground have really been tested in difficult conditions. I’m not complaining.
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Put in Sekergevrik this year. Anyone that can speak to what it’s hitting on?
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Interesting indeed. Hopefully the original stock Cliff imported was the true ‘Cydora Robusta’ and not the non-resistant imposter. I won’t be able to confirm personally since I don’t have firefight here, but hopefully it can be confirmed by someone in a more fireblight prone area.
Note: ‘Cydora Robusta’ is not claimed to be firelight immune, just resistant so that needs to be kept in mind.
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That is epic fuzz! Do you feel Bobev’s Triumph is less prone to coddling moth than others? I ask because some say the codling caterpillars avoid fuzzy fruit.
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@frame-6b Good question. I bagged two of the three fruits right away but missed the third until it was quite large. I didn’t see any coddling moth damage on the one that was exposed, just a few bug nibbles on the surface. It could be a fluke. My py98-1 quince fruit last year was a little less fuzzy and coddling moth went right after it. I will know better once the trees start producing a bigger crop.
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Thanks! I’m sort of on a quest to get around bagging for codling moth. It certainly seems like they enjoy apples and softer pears much more than quince in my area.
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I have grown apples, pears, and quince for decades. They go for the quince much less, barely at all. I think it’s the fuzziness, but also the density of the fruit. Harder to get through.
John S
PDX OR
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Where did you source it from? Sounds like a winner. It means “sugar-crispy” (in Turkish) and the variety is apparently sweet, juicy, soft, and not sour/tart/astringent, and is good for fresh eating.
Got it from a trade. Descriptions from nurseries are not really reliable. That’s why I was trying to find some first hand experience. Probably another year or two before I see any fruit, but yes it sounds good.
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Ah, well, no firsthand experience but if it adds any credibility, what I shared was from Turkish language sources from there - seems to line up with what nurseries state side are advertising. I noticed Raintree Nursery has a short video on it with a ripe fruit, so, seems like a tried variety for my climate at least which is exciting!
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