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Fruit Plants
Red Cydonia (Quince)
Cydonia oblonga, red-fleshed selection
Quince is a fruit almost nobody grows any more and everybody should. Raw it is hard and astringent; cooked it turns a deep ruby red and develops a perfume somewhere between apple, pear and rose. This red-fleshed selection colours more intensely than the common form.
It is a hardy, undemanding small tree, self-fertile so a single specimen crops on its own, and it flowers pale pink in spring. Our stock is propagated from a mother tree on site that we have been cropping for years.
- Red-fleshed selection — colours to deep ruby when cooked
- Self-fertile; a single tree crops on its own
- Propagated from a cropping mother tree on our own site
Rs 2,900for the 3 ft, 24 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Dispatched in 1–2 working days
7-day guarantee
Replaced or refunded if damaged
Grown by us
Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 3–5 m
- Growth rate
- Moderate; deciduous in winter
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
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How to look after your Red Cydonia (Quince)
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun. Six to eight hours minimum for a worthwhile crop.
- Water
- Deeply and regularly, especially while fruit is setting and swelling. Mulch heavily to hold soil moisture.
- Humidity
- Ambient.
- Soil
- Deep, fertile, well-draining soil. Avoid heavy waterlogged clay — raise the bed if that is what you have.
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in early spring, high-potassium once fruit sets, and well-rotted manure each winter.
- Temperature
- Species dependent; most listed here suit the Pakistani plains. Young grafted stock needs shade in its first summer.
If something goes wrong
Flowers form but fruit does not set
Why it happens: Poor pollination or heat stress at flowering.
What to do: Plant a second variety nearby where cross-pollination is needed, and shade the tree during extreme heat.
Fruit dropping while small
Why it happens: Water stress or a natural thinning.
What to do: Keep watering even and mulch the root zone. A degree of natural drop is normal and healthy.
Suckers below the graft union
Why it happens: Rootstock growth.
What to do: Remove them flush at the trunk as soon as they appear, or they will outgrow the grafted variety.
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