True Root Nursery

Potted Quince Seedling

Available only for pick-up at nursery.

Species: Cydonia oblonga

History: The seedlings were sprouted from seeds sourced from an old mother tree on a local farm. The previous owners have enjoyed the fruit for generations.

Why We Grow It: A clearly reliable variety that produces large crops of lovely fruits, it would have been a shame not to propagate it for others to enjoy. Like all quince, the fruit from your seedlings are best used for cooking, baking, and preserving since the intense, tart flavour is a bit much when eaten fresh.

$50.00

Size:

5 low in stock

Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Baking, cooking

Fruit Size: Surprise!

Storage: Keeps for a couple months when stored in cool, humid conditions

Harvest: September - Late

Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

Soil Preferance: Sandy loam, loam, clay loam. Prefers average to moist conditions with well-drained soils, avoid planting anywhere that floods for more than two weeks in the spring.

Flowering Time:

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, these seedlings will produce fruit without a quince of a different variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habit: More of a bush than a tree, cold hardy, large and reliable crops

Reminder: Potted plants are available for pick-up only!

Potted plants vary in size and age, but we typically pot berries and smaller seedlings in 1-3 gal pots and larger grafted trees in 5-16 gal pots.

  • 1g pots - 1-3ft tall
  • 2g or 3g pots - 1.5-3ft tall
  • 5g pots - 3-7ft tall
  • 8g pots - 4-7ft tall
  • 16g pots - 6-8ft tall

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