Pseudocydonia sinensis seed
LATIN NAME: Pseudocydonia sinensis
COMMON NAME: Chinese Quince
The Chinese quince is the handsome, hardy, fruit-bearing tree of the east, and its large, golden-yellow, hard, aromatic fruits have been grown for the preserves and the fragrance for a very long time. The tree has a fine, open crown of the glossy, toothed leaves and the pretty, pale-pink, cup-shaped flowers in the spring, and the large, fragrant, golden fruits follow in the autumn. The fruits are too hard and acid to eat fresh, but they fill a room with their scent and make a fine, clear jelly. It is a generous, easy tree of the sunny, well-drained garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese quince has a quiet but real place in the plant science, and it has been studied for its large, fragrant, golden fruits and its long record of use in the east. The aromatic compounds in the fruits, which give them their fine scent, have been looked into, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the traditional fruit crops of the east and the ornamental fruit trees. The pretty, pale-pink flowers and the fine, glossy foliage have also made it a favourite of the garden, and the tree is a regular subject of the studies of the hardy, ornamental fruit trees.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Chinese quince is grown for the fragrant fruits and the fine, hardy tree. The golden-yellow fruits are too hard and acid to eat fresh, but they make a fine, clear jelly and a fragrant preserve, and a bowl of them will scent a whole room. The tree is a fine, hardy specimen for the sunny garden, with the pretty, pale-pink spring flowers and the glossy, toothed foliage. It has been written about in the horticultural and the food papers for its fragrant fruits and its fine, easy tree, and it is a generous, dependable fruit tree of the east.
The Chinese quince has been grown in the gardens of the east for a very long time, and the large, golden-yellow, hard, aromatic fruits have been a prized preserve fruit through the ages. The fruits are too hard and acid to eat fresh, but they make a fine, clear jelly and a fragrant preserve, and a bowl of them will scent a whole room with their fine, clean fragrance. The pretty, pale-pink, cup-shaped flowers open in the spring, and the glossy, toothed leaves give the tree a fine, healthy look through the season. It is a hardy, dependable tree of the sunny, well-drained garden, with a long and honourable record in the east.
To grow the Chinese quince from seed, store the small, brown seeds in a jar of damp sand in the fridge for a month, then sow them at a shallow depth in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a bright, cool, open spot and water gently. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on into strong young trees. With the sun, the well-drained soil and a few years, the fragrant, golden fruits and the pretty spring flowers will be there.
Sweet quince fruits make for great jams, pies, wines and ciders or even fresh off of the branch!
The beautiful light pink flowers of the Chinese Quince boast a honey-citrus spice fragrance that is sure to seduce your senses. In fall, the leaves of the Chinese Quince turn to beautiful shades of orange and red. The fluted, paper-like trunks display patches grey, green and brown colors and are beautiful to gaze upon as well.
Pseudocydonia Sinensis produces large quince fruits and grows to be up to 10-19 ft. tall. Most plant quince trees for the beautiful flowers and delicious and sweet fruits, some grow them as a bonsai specimen.
Chinese Quince for Health
The fruits of the Chinese Quince are medicinal. Antitussive in nature, it boasts beneficial acids and flavonoids. The rutin and quecertin content of quince fruit is impressive for the health conscientious.