Have You Tried This Aromatic, Delicious, Ancient, Easy Fruit? Quince Harvest 2021! A Bumper Crop!

(Jam recipe at the end)

Come check out this year's Quince harvest and learn all about growing and eating this ancient, delicious, under-appreciated fruit. If you don't have a quince in your garden or on your homestead, maybe I can change your mind: this is my favorite fruit tree and one of my favorite fruits. Hope you consider giving quince a try!

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Angela's Quince Jam:
12 Cups of chopped quince (cored, peeled. About 5 lbs of fruit)
6 cups of water
Juice of 2 lemons, zest of one (I use a microplane)
7 cups of sugar

- Combine water and quince, and cook, covered, until quince is soft. About 20-30 min. Use a potato masher to mash the quince as you would applesauce.
- Add sugar and lemon juice and zest. Continue to cook on med-high heat for 40-60 min until you read 220F jam point.
-ladle into prepared half pint jars and process 5 min each in a hot water bath canner.

Note: the jam will turn darker from yellow to a rich orange-pink as it cooks down. The final product is a gorgeous color.

[zesky]

You haven't lived if you haven't made quince compot/tea. You can even make an instant quince tea preserve. Grate a quince, mix with hot simple syrup and store in a jar. Add a tablespoon to a cup and fill with hot water = instant heavenly tea.

[Trudence]

I was gifted a tree 21 years ago that was marked as a D Anjou pear tree. I have been so frustrated that every year those beautiful, large fragrant pears were hard as rocks, so I would have to compost all that fruit, wasted! My friend from out of state came to visit recently and asked me about my quince bush. I can't believe over all these years no one said it was a quince tree! So now I am excited to actually harvest and use this quince! I will make jam using your recipe and poach some. Also I will try that tea recipe somone wrote in your comments. I get SO MUCH fruit from this single tree, I will gift some to others too now that I know what it is!😀

[tinkalinks]

Today was the first time I've heard of this fruit and I came straight here to find out more

[KAO]

My quince (kuganskaya) is a bush, as the top froze off, but it produced 5 beautiful fruit for me this year in southeast Minnesota. It proved itself self fertile and pretty hardy! This is its third year.

[irenesilva]

I grew up eating my mom´s homemade cajeta de membrillo. Great memory. I haven’t had it in years. Definitely want a quince tree now. 😊

[lindenblock]

Makes a mighty fine country wine and a lovely liqueur.

[thevagrowinggardener]

Angela, this was another awesome video! I’m going to invest in Quince trees next! Thank you! I just wanted to tell you that I’m my last video where I’m planting my second Pawpaw tree, I mentioned you and referred my viewers to your channel at the end of the video. Thank you for all you do!

[tracycrider]

Used to have this in our yard at a previous residence ❤

[scottfraser]

Crunchy lemonade sounds so good to me 😊😋

[gigime]

OMG! Now I know what kind of tree I have in my backyard. My husband friend gave him a tree and told him it’s a pear. And last year gave us lots of fruits and we can’t eat it because it was very hard. And when I cut and tasted, it has a weird taste. I told my husband what kind of tree your friend gave you? Now I know what kind of tree that is, a quince tree 😅😂🤣

[chriswalford]

I’ve just been gifted a quince tree; I can’t wait!

[darthfiende]

I will have to consider a quince now! They're not talked about much in Colorado but seem hardy enough for zone 5. Also, I would love to see a video on your farm stand and how you share the surplus legally.

[aliciavalentyn]

Wonderful tips on Permaculture. I live in Portland and I will happily ride my bike over towards your Farm Fresh stand. I hope to find the fresh quince stand and support your kindness. Thank you so much 💦☀️

[gardentours]

I have an ornamental quince which is edible and this year it's fruiting for the first time 🙌 I can't wait to harvest the 2 quinces 😃that are on the bush 🤗

[VelvetandToads]

Thank you for all these wonderful details. And I love all the recipes people have recommended in the comments. Every year I make quince jelly and use the remains to make quince « cheese ». And they’re great poached in red wine with spices or roasted. Any tips on cutting them?

[ThomiBMcIntyre]

I have a gardening friend neighbor whose quince was planted by her grandfather many decades ago. I took some cuttings and now I have a lovely little baby in my front garden. Is quince cider a thing?

[cheskydivision]

So hard to find this fruit, love it so much. Few times I’ve found any in Michigan they were picked too early and still green. No scent or flavor. Growing up mom used to put them in bowls around the house to scent the air.

[jktD]

I got a quince from a Nursery and they had it grown straight up about 6 feet. Do you have any advice on how to train or as a bush type like you have done??

[parry]

Angela, what variety of Quince is the best in your opinion? I think the one that is trained in the Bush form is what I am looking to get into. I also live in the PNW area of the country too.

[gypsymiranda]

I have a lot of problems with cedar rust and fire blight. How do you handle that? Your quinces look so healthy.