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Does anyone else on here have a quince tree? If so, how well do you find they keep?
I had heard that they should keep well if stored in a cool shed, like apples, but I've not found that to be the case at all. My tree cropped for the first time this year, and I got a pretty good crop off it, but the fruits all started turned brown inside after a week or so. There weren't actually rotting (the brown was still firm, and it tasted fine, so I ate it anyway), but it looks unsightly and I imagine would have led to rot had I left it much longer, so in the end I just the all up into chunks and froze them, ready to cook up later.
Indeed most sources recommend "maturing" them off the tree for 4-6 weeks before eating, but I'm pretty sure if I had tried that I would have had nothing edible left by the time 6 weeks were up.
I do feel like a lot of quince growing info out there might well be nonsense just spread about from one ignorant person to the next, none of whom have ever actually grown quinces. For example, most sites I've looked at all seem to say that quinces need a sheltered spot as their blossoms are early and susceptible to spring frosts. This is complete nonsense: they flower in May, after even most apple trees.
My variety is Meech's Prolific, if that makes any difference.
I had heard that they should keep well if stored in a cool shed, like apples, but I've not found that to be the case at all. My tree cropped for the first time this year, and I got a pretty good crop off it, but the fruits all started turned brown inside after a week or so. There weren't actually rotting (the brown was still firm, and it tasted fine, so I ate it anyway), but it looks unsightly and I imagine would have led to rot had I left it much longer, so in the end I just the all up into chunks and froze them, ready to cook up later.
Indeed most sources recommend "maturing" them off the tree for 4-6 weeks before eating, but I'm pretty sure if I had tried that I would have had nothing edible left by the time 6 weeks were up.
I do feel like a lot of quince growing info out there might well be nonsense just spread about from one ignorant person to the next, none of whom have ever actually grown quinces. For example, most sites I've looked at all seem to say that quinces need a sheltered spot as their blossoms are early and susceptible to spring frosts. This is complete nonsense: they flower in May, after even most apple trees.
My variety is Meech's Prolific, if that makes any difference.
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