You haven't lived if you haven't made quince compot/tea. You can even make an instant quince tea preserve. Grate a quince, mix with hot simple syrup and store in a jar. Add a tablespoon to a cup and fill with hot water = instant heavenly tea.
I was gifted a tree 21 years ago that was marked as a D Anjou pear tree. I have been so frustrated that every year those beautiful, large fragrant pears were hard as rocks, so I would have to compost all that fruit, wasted! My friend from out of state came to visit recently and asked me about my quince bush. I can't believe over all these years no one said it was a quince tree! So now I am excited to actually harvest and use this quince! I will make jam using your recipe and poach some. Also I will try that tea recipe somone wrote in your comments. I get SO MUCH fruit from this single tree, I will gift some to others too now that I know what it is!😀
I have an ornamental quince which is edible and this year it's fruiting for the first time 🙌 I can't wait to harvest the 2 quinces 😃that are on the bush 🤗
I just came across your channel. I'm a quince fan for about 5 years. And yes, it is it's own unique fruit. There's nothing quite like it. I love your quince orchard.
My quince is just about to flower here in my southern hemisphere garden. The blossom alone makes it a worthy addition to my garden. Having quince on my table waiting to be processed is just pure happiness in a bowl too.
My quince (kuganskaya) is a bush, as the top froze off, but it produced 5 beautiful fruit for me this year in southeast Minnesota. It proved itself self fertile and pretty hardy! This is its third year.
Last year, I bartered for some quince, boiled them down to a sauce, added a little salt and curry powder. SOOO Delicious!! I used it in place of cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, and it went so well with cheese. Thanks for sharing this info!
You can put up quince and use it in berry and other low pectin fruit jams. Bramble berry (a mixture of native berries) quince jam on just out of the oven bread is delightful on a cold grey January day. Spoon into pie dough for tats, or make thumb print cookies. Great base for sweet and sour, or anything you would use plum sauce with.
Angela, this was another awesome video! I’m going to invest in Quince trees next! Thank you! I just wanted to tell you that I’m my last video where I’m planting my second Pawpaw tree, I mentioned you and referred my viewers to your channel at the end of the video. Thank you for all you do!
Oh, I miss quince. We moved last year and are waiting for our new quince to mature. We make a jam we call Grapplenaya, using the end of season grapes, apples, and Aromatnaya quince. Subtle, floral, and delightful! Salude to your quince harvest! Wonderful fruit!
I’ve made quince jelly with apples before and it’s exquisite, but the addition of grapes sounds like pure ambrosia. I googled grapplenaya but couldn’t find anything. Would you be willing to share the family secret and give us an idea of the proportions you use? Thanks!
@@VelvetandToads I wish I had a recipe to share! We haven't written it down, as it's just a last of the harvest Plus-One product we make. It's usually 5-6 apples, 2-3 quince, and 8 or so cups of grapes. I chop them up and steam extract the juice, add 1 cup sugar and 1/4 lemon juice. Boil it down until it passes the spoon set test, and water bath them. Super yum! (So it's technically a jelly, not a jam...)
@@williamscarla01 sounds amazing. I don’t have a steam extractor, but will try to find a workaround using roughly those proportions. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply!
I have a pineapple quince- usually I just scrub and wash off the fuzz, split them in half, core them bake at 350 cored side up with a table spoon of butter in the cavity for 45 minutes to an hour until its soft- no need to peel the skin its so thin, Best tasting fruit there is!!! You get 40 pounds off a medium tree so I chop up and freeze alot of them and make apple quince or pear quince pies or add them to stuffing mixes for turkey etc. Dont bother buying in a grocery store unless the smell insanely strong- ive never got good quince in a grocery store and they are uncommon to find any way. The plant is easy to grow
OMG! Now I know what kind of tree I have in my backyard. My husband friend gave him a tree and told him it’s a pear. And last year gave us lots of fruits and we can’t eat it because it was very hard. And when I cut and tasted, it has a weird taste. I told my husband what kind of tree your friend gave you? Now I know what kind of tree that is, a quince tree 😅😂🤣
You’ve just inspired me to get going and planting a quince in my new garden - I had great harvest from my dwarf rootstock quince in my old garden - now I have a sheltered area in my big Scottish garden, so I’m planting my first full size one, and later in my food forest I’ll be planting another one .. love my quince jellies, but never baked them :-) thanks for the nudge!
I will have to consider a quince now! They're not talked about much in Colorado but seem hardy enough for zone 5. Also,I would love to see a video on your farm stand and how you share the surplus legally.
My ornamental quince is gorgeous for the flowers and stuff, but it produces small fruit that fall off early and shrivel up although one yearI got three decent sized fruit that ripen on the tree and that was amazing but only happened once in 17 years. However, I have a neighbour two doors down who has a giant {Quince tree} and she/they don’t use any of them… so I do and it works out lovely… that said, I’m still pretty fresh at making stuff with quince, and am always looking in the comments for new ways that I can use it.
Grow on the margins, since they are tip bearing. Along a fence, a wall, a deck edge, you can train it like tomatoes. Great for summer shading a chicken yard or rabbitry. Watching your chooks hopping up at the low hanging ones is entertaining. Don't let rabbits eat o lot of them or their GI systems get grumpy in adults won't over eat them but bunnies will.
I got a quince from a Nursery and they had it grown straight up about 6 feet. Do you have any advice on how to train or as a bush type like you have done??
So hard to find this fruit, love it so much. Few times I’ve found any in Michigan they were picked too early and still green. No scent or flavor. Growing up mom used to put them in bowls around the house to scent the air.
Wonderful tips on Permaculture. I live in Portland and I will happily ride my bike over towards your Farm Fresh stand. I hope to find the fresh quince stand and support your kindness. Thank you so much 💦☀️
I just ordered the variety named "Orange" fruiting quince. Do you have named varieties, and if so which varieties are yours? Lemonade in super crunchy form is the best description ever.
I have a Japanese flowering quince, which I have had for well over a decade. It was sold as self fertile, but I'm still waiting on any hint of a fruit set. I'm looking for a pollinator for it. My yard is a bit of a cold pocket and this isn't the first time I have needed to get a pollinator for a self fertile tree. I've had the fruit before and its wonderful, I just need a friend for it.
I have a gardening friend neighbor whose quince was planted by her grandfather many decades ago. I took some cuttings and now I have a lovely little baby in my front garden. Is quince cider a thing?
Thanks for the info. Quince looks great. I have a pear tree on my allotment which has quince rootstock. When I took it over it seemed like I had two trees but discovered the quince has grown from the rootstock of the pear tree. Neither tree flowered this year. Do you think I should keep both or chop off the quince part?
I have never had an issue with fireblight, knock on wood. I do get cedar rust and I do have to remove infected parts of the quince and I am careful not to plant them next to service berries which are also prone to Cedar apple rest. I think pruning Quinn to be very open with good air circulation can help reduce the rust issue somewhat
Thank you for all these wonderful details. And I love all the recipes people have recommended in the comments. Every year I make quince jelly and use the remains to make quince « cheese ». And they’re great poached in red wine with spices or roasted. Any tips on cutting them?
Angela, what variety of Quince is the best in your opinion? I think the one that is trained in the Bush form is what I am looking to get into. I also live in the PNW area of the country too.
How do you propagate quince from seeds? i would love to have a tree especially a variety I can eat fresh off the tree (Orange or Karp variety or whatever else, I have no idea). How do I plant these seeds I am keeping in the fridge for the past 2-3 months? Thanks
One Green World Nursery ships! I think grafted varieties are going to give you more consistent results, but growing them out from seed to see what you get is always an adventure, too!
Thanks for the tips, very informative. My quince tree aborted the fruit after the heat dome back in June, only one left. What varieties are your two remaining trees?
If you do this can I have my youngest come get a few starts. I live west of Seattle but they live in PDX. Lost access to my quince source due to the property selling. Collecting starts for a new property coming within the year. Can trade native berries.
Once people taste the Quince flavor and enjoy their aroma, they will want a Quince tree :) For the Jam, I do clean and wash the quince, remove the core and seeds of the quince and cut them to check for some insects or insect's damage to eliminate those .Then I do cover the cores/seeds with water and pressure cook them for 30 min, let them rest overnight and next day I use the reddish liquid to cook the quince meat with some sugar and make a spreadable mix (lighter than jam), then I proceed to can it. Next something reposted that might be useful for some people. I do have a couple of pear trees and one is big and produces tons of pears year after year. So, what do I do with my pears, I give them away fresh to family and friends, I do prepare an "escabeche" with the pears and I also do prepare a Detox juice with pear and quince. Quince is very acidic but so flavorful and aromatic and combined with the pear makes a good match. Quince are from my own tree as well. How to prepare the Detox juice: -Place pears 3 kg (cut in quarters, peel on and just removing any blemish, dark spot) in a pressure cooker, cover slightly with hot water and pressure cook for 30 min (NO sugar is added). - Then in a colander separate the juice from the pulp. - Repeat the process using 1.5 kg pear and 1.5 kg quince and cover with the previos pear juice. -After the 30 min pressure cooking, let it rest for at least 2 hours (so the juice gets reddish) - Then separate the juice from the pulp. -The juice can be canned and the pulp can be given to the chickens or to the compost. Why is it called Detox juice? Because, this juice will make people's metabolism to go fast and a bathroom might be needed :) Although, its taste is delicious. I prepare this juice to give it away, because I have hard time keeping my weightI, it goes down rather easily.
Thus far, I’ve been disappointed by the Quince. It seems like I’m eating perfume. Even the candies. I haven’t tried making jam. I might try it this year but I’m not sure if I want to spend time and most likely be disappointed eating perfume like jam. The Quince (for me) is disappointing.
You haven't lived if you haven't made quince compot/tea. You can even make an instant quince tea preserve. Grate a quince, mix with hot simple syrup and store in a jar. Add a tablespoon to a cup and fill with hot water = instant heavenly tea.
That sounds great!! We’ll try it!
This sounds amazing!
I was gifted a tree 21 years ago that was marked as a D Anjou pear tree. I have been so frustrated that every year those beautiful, large fragrant pears were hard as rocks, so I would have to compost all that fruit, wasted! My friend from out of state came to visit recently and asked me about my quince bush. I can't believe over all these years no one said it was a quince tree! So now I am excited to actually harvest and use this quince! I will make jam using your recipe and poach some. Also I will try that tea recipe somone wrote in your comments. I get SO MUCH fruit from this single tree, I will gift some to others too now that I know what it is!😀
Still funny in retrospect.
I have an ornamental quince which is edible and this year it's fruiting for the first time 🙌 I can't wait to harvest the 2 quinces 😃that are on the bush 🤗
Makes a mighty fine country wine and a lovely liqueur.
I just came across your channel. I'm a quince fan for about 5 years. And yes, it is it's own unique fruit. There's nothing quite like it. I love your quince orchard.
My quince is just about to flower here in my southern hemisphere garden. The blossom alone makes it a worthy addition to my garden. Having quince on my table waiting to be processed is just pure happiness in a bowl too.
My quince (kuganskaya) is a bush, as the top froze off, but it produced 5 beautiful fruit for me this year in southeast Minnesota. It proved itself self fertile and pretty hardy! This is its third year.
I grew up eating my mom´s homemade cajeta de membrillo. Great memory. I haven’t had it in years. Definitely want a quince tree now. 😊
Last year, I bartered for some quince, boiled them down to a sauce, added a little salt and curry powder. SOOO Delicious!! I used it in place of cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, and it went so well with cheese. Thanks for sharing this info!
You can put up quince and use it in berry and other low pectin fruit jams. Bramble berry (a mixture of native berries) quince jam on just out of the oven bread is delightful on a cold grey January day. Spoon into pie dough for tats, or make thumb print cookies. Great base for sweet and sour, or anything you would use plum sauce with.
Crunchy lemonade sounds so good to me 😊😋
Angela, this was another awesome video! I’m going to invest in Quince trees next! Thank you! I just wanted to tell you that I’m my last video where I’m planting my second Pawpaw tree, I mentioned you and referred my viewers to your channel at the end of the video. Thank you for all you do!
Today was the first time I've heard of this fruit and I came straight here to find out more
I planted a tiny 2 ft. bare root this summer. Excited to watch her grow! (I am just north of Dallas TX)
I'm also located in Dallas, can I ask where you purchased your tree?
I’ve just been gifted a quince tree; I can’t wait!
Oh, I miss quince. We moved last year and are waiting for our new quince to mature. We make a jam we call Grapplenaya, using the end of season grapes, apples, and Aromatnaya quince. Subtle, floral, and delightful! Salude to your quince harvest! Wonderful fruit!
I’ve made quince jelly with apples before and it’s exquisite, but the addition of grapes sounds like pure ambrosia. I googled grapplenaya but couldn’t find anything. Would you be willing to share the family secret and give us an idea of the proportions you use? Thanks!
@@VelvetandToads I wish I had a recipe to share! We haven't written it down, as it's just a last of the harvest Plus-One product we make.
It's usually 5-6 apples, 2-3 quince, and 8 or so cups of grapes. I chop them up and steam extract the juice, add 1 cup sugar and 1/4 lemon juice. Boil it down until it passes the spoon set test, and water bath them. Super yum! (So it's technically a jelly, not a jam...)
@@williamscarla01 sounds amazing. I don’t have a steam extractor, but will try to find a workaround using roughly those proportions. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply!
Used to have this in our yard at a previous residence ❤
I have a pineapple quince- usually I just scrub and wash off the fuzz, split them in half, core them bake at 350 cored side up with a table spoon of butter in the cavity for 45 minutes to an hour until its soft- no need to peel the skin its so thin, Best tasting fruit there is!!! You get 40 pounds off a medium tree so I chop up and freeze alot of them and make apple quince or pear quince pies or add them to stuffing mixes for turkey etc. Dont bother buying in a grocery store unless the smell insanely strong- ive never got good quince in a grocery store and they are uncommon to find any way. The plant is easy to grow
OMG! Now I know what kind of tree I have in my backyard. My husband friend gave him a tree and told him it’s a pear. And last year gave us lots of fruits and we can’t eat it because it was very hard. And when I cut and tasted, it has a weird taste. I told my husband what kind of tree your friend gave you? Now I know what kind of tree that is, a quince tree 😅😂🤣
Please show how you prune your fruit trees.
Your trees and crop look so healthy. Thank you for the info--I knew nothing about quince before and now I want to grow this fruit. 🍐
Quince are just so beautifully fragrant. I scrumped so many in 2012 I am still using the membrillo I made.
You’ve just inspired me to get going and planting a quince in my new garden - I had great harvest from my dwarf rootstock quince in my old garden - now I have a sheltered area in my big Scottish garden, so I’m planting my first full size one, and later in my food forest I’ll be planting another one .. love my quince jellies, but never baked them :-) thanks for the nudge!
I can't wait to order some bushes in for next spring.
You sold me!
I love the idea of being able to use it as a pectin substitute!
That's one of the reasons why everyone used to grow it.
I will have to consider a quince now! They're not talked about much in Colorado but seem hardy enough for zone 5. Also,I would love to see a video on your farm stand and how you share the surplus legally.
I had quince in zone 5 before, they froze to the ground each winter so I ended up removing them. Seems to be a zone 6 plant.
@@texastropics good to know. Thank you!
My ornamental quince is gorgeous for the flowers and stuff, but it produces small fruit that fall off early and shrivel up although one yearI got three decent sized fruit that ripen on the tree and that was amazing but only happened once in 17 years. However, I have a neighbour two doors down who has a giant {Quince tree} and she/they don’t use any of them… so I do and it works out lovely… that said, I’m still pretty fresh at making stuff with quince, and am always looking in the comments for new ways that I can use it.
I have such a small garden, but boy this makes me wonder what I can sacrifice.
Grow on the margins, since they are tip bearing. Along a fence, a wall, a deck edge, you can train it like tomatoes.
Great for summer shading a chicken yard or rabbitry. Watching your chooks hopping up at the low hanging ones is entertaining. Don't let rabbits eat o lot of them or their GI systems get grumpy in adults won't over eat them but bunnies will.
I got a quince from a Nursery and they had it grown straight up about 6 feet. Do you have any advice on how to train or as a bush type like you have done??
So hard to find this fruit, love it so much. Few times I’ve found any in Michigan they were picked too early and still green. No scent or flavor. Growing up mom used to put them in bowls around the house to scent the air.
Wonderful tips on Permaculture. I live in Portland and I will happily ride my bike over towards your Farm Fresh stand. I hope to find the fresh quince stand and support your kindness. Thank you so much 💦☀️
I just ordered the variety named "Orange" fruiting quince. Do you have named varieties, and if so which varieties are yours? Lemonade in super crunchy form is the best description ever.
Mine are Aromatnaya and Krimskya (I hope I spelled those correctly)
what variety of quince do you grow?
I have a Japanese flowering quince, which I have had for well over a decade. It was sold as self fertile, but I'm still waiting on any hint of a fruit set. I'm looking for a pollinator for it. My yard is a bit of a cold pocket and this isn't the first time I have needed to get a pollinator for a self fertile tree. I've had the fruit before and its wonderful, I just need a friend for it.
I have a gardening friend neighbor whose quince was planted by her grandfather many decades ago. I took some cuttings and now I have a lovely little baby in my front garden. Is quince cider a thing?
Are they edible when they're mostly golden with some hard to see green spots?
Where can i get Quince plants.
Is there a nursery that sells these trained as a bush? I’ve only ever noticed grafted trees.
Thanks for the info. Quince looks great. I have a pear tree on my allotment which has quince rootstock. When I took it over it seemed like I had two trees but discovered the quince has grown from the rootstock of the pear tree. Neither tree flowered this year. Do you think I should keep both or chop off the quince part?
I have a lot of problems with cedar rust and fire blight. How do you handle that? Your quinces look so healthy.
I have never had an issue with fireblight, knock on wood. I do get cedar rust and I do have to remove infected parts of the quince and I am careful not to plant them next to service berries which are also prone to Cedar apple rest. I think pruning Quinn to be very open with good air circulation can help reduce the rust issue somewhat
Apologies for any talk to text errors. I am on a walk.
Thank you for all these wonderful details. And I love all the recipes people have recommended in the comments. Every year I make quince jelly and use the remains to make quince « cheese ». And they’re great poached in red wine with spices or roasted. Any tips on cutting them?
Hello. So...are you actually from OR ?
Angela, what variety of Quince is the best in your opinion? I think the one that is trained in the Bush form is what I am looking to get into. I also live in the PNW area of the country too.
How do you propagate quince from seeds? i would love to have a tree especially a variety I can eat fresh off the tree (Orange or Karp variety or whatever else, I have no idea). How do I plant these seeds I am keeping in the fridge for the past 2-3 months? Thanks
I got the idea for Quince from the citystead. Haven't been able to acquire trees/seeds yet.
One Green World Nursery ships! I think grafted varieties are going to give you more consistent results, but growing them out from seed to see what you get is always an adventure, too!
Anybody have a recommendation on the best variety I only have room for one.
which cultivar of quince is that? is it from trees of antiquity?
it's an Aromatnaya (I might be spelling that wrong). I got it ages ago at a fruit grafting workshop.
Thanks for the tips, very informative. My quince tree aborted the fruit after the heat dome back in June, only one left. What varieties are your two remaining trees?
One is better than none.
We are close by, would you consider an “air graft” for our farm?
If you do this can I have my youngest come get a few starts. I live west of Seattle but they live in PDX. Lost access to my quince source due to the property selling. Collecting starts for a new property coming within the year. Can trade native berries.
Once people taste the Quince flavor and enjoy their aroma, they will want a Quince tree :)
For the Jam, I do clean and wash the quince, remove the core and seeds of the quince and cut them to check for some insects or insect's damage to eliminate those .Then I do cover the cores/seeds with water and pressure cook them for 30 min, let them rest overnight and next day I use the reddish liquid to cook the quince meat with some sugar and make a spreadable mix (lighter than jam), then I proceed to can it.
Next something reposted that might be useful for some people.
I do have a couple of pear trees and one is big and produces tons of pears year after year. So, what do I do with my pears, I give them away fresh to family and friends, I do prepare an "escabeche" with the pears and I also do prepare a Detox juice with pear and quince. Quince is very acidic but so flavorful and aromatic and combined with the pear makes a good match. Quince are from my own tree as well.
How to prepare the Detox juice:
-Place pears 3 kg (cut in quarters, peel on and just removing any blemish, dark spot) in a pressure cooker, cover slightly with hot water and pressure cook for 30 min (NO sugar is added).
- Then in a colander separate the juice from the pulp.
- Repeat the process using 1.5 kg pear and 1.5 kg quince and cover with the previos pear juice.
-After the 30 min pressure cooking, let it rest for at least 2 hours (so the juice gets reddish)
- Then separate the juice from the pulp.
-The juice can be canned and the pulp can be given to the chickens or to the compost.
Why is it called Detox juice? Because, this juice will make people's metabolism to go fast and a bathroom might be needed :)
Although, its taste is delicious.
I prepare this juice to give it away, because I have hard time keeping my weightI, it goes down rather easily.
My quince trees were destroyed by fire blight. Does anyone know of fire blight resistant quince trees available in North America.
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Thus far, I’ve been disappointed by the Quince. It seems like I’m eating perfume. Even the candies. I haven’t tried making jam. I might try it this year but I’m not sure if I want to spend time and most likely be disappointed eating perfume like jam. The Quince (for me) is disappointing.
I once added quince to hauswein
It tasted n smelled of pee
Wow, that sounds like a unique and unpleasant experience
The video is not very informative, repeat the same things, I did not learn a lot, I knew the quince is great.
Sorry it wasn’t what you wanted. 🤷♀️
Used to have this in our yard at a previous residence ❤