Variety profile
Quince ‚Konstantinopeler Apfelquitte’
Cydonia oblonga · Rosaceae
- Ripening
- spät
- Harvest
- Week 41 to 43
- Vigour
- mittel
- Origin
- Südosteuropa/Türkei
- Storage life
- 2 months
- Self-fertile
- Yes
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Einmachen, Saft, Backen
- Rootstock
- Quitte A, Quitte C
About this variety
Machine-translated, may contain errors.
An old apple quince with rounded, deep yellow fruits whose shape recalls an apple. It is self fertile, so you do not need a second tree for pollination. Like all quinces the fruit is barely edible raw, but cooked it develops an intense, warm aroma. It ripens late in October, shortly before the first frosts.
Tart and spicy with the typical floral quince note. Cooked into jelly or puree it turns deep golden yellow and smells intensely fragrant.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Quince