Dwarf Quince (Chaenomeles x superba)

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

Bloom Color: Salmon. Main Bloom Time: Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring with cooked apples. — Fruit - very harsh and acid raw but fragrant when cooked.; Used for jams, jellies etc and as a flavouring with cooked apples.; The fruit can be apple or pear-shaped and up to 6cm long x 6cm wide.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in the wild. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)