Dwarf Quince (Chaenomeles japonica)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Orange, Red. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Late winter, Mid spring. Form: Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant flavour to jams and jellies, it is especially good cooked with apples in apple pies. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Very harsh and acid raw but fragrant when cooked, imparting a strong pleasant flavour to jams and jellies, it is especially good cooked with apples in apple pies.; The fruit is apple-shaped and about 4cm in diameter.; The rich aromatic juice, as tart as a lemon, is squeezed and used for culinary purposes.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods in low mountains, C. and S. Japan. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)