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Chaenomeles laganaria
aka Cydonia
lagenaria |
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Common Flowering
Quince |
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Broad-spreading shrub with many thorny branches
and dark, glossy green leaves. |
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8 feet |
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White to pink to deep red, apple-like flowers |
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Early spring
just before or with the leaves. |
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The new
leaves are reddish-bronze when they first appear in the
spring. |
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The fruit is
a hard, sour, yellowish-green quince about 2½ inches in
diameter. It contains pectin and can be used in making
jellies. |
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- 'Candicans' - Flowers are creamy-yellow with a pinkish
tinge about 1½ inches in diameter.
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'Knap Hill Scarlet' - Flowers are scarlet, about 1½
inches in diameter. It is a low, horizontal-growing
type.
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'Marmorata' - Coral flowers are about 1¾ inches in
diameter.
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'Nivalis' - White flowers are approximately 1¼ inches in
diameter lower growing than the type.
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Branches brought indoors after Christmas will
force into flower. |
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