Fruit
Pineapple Quince
A tier
Pineapple quince is a US-favoured cultivar with pineapple-tinged fragrance and apple-like rounded fruit—still hard raw, excellent cooked, and slightly less austere in aroma profile than some European giants. Popular in California and mild US orchards for jelly. Cook into bright jellies; poach with vanilla. Early bloom caution for frost. Productive with care. Name describes aroma nuance, not tropical fruit hybridization.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Bright JellyButterCalifornia OrchardPoach
Traits
FragrantHardJellyPineapple Aroma NotePineapple HintProductiveRounded FruitUS Favourite
History
US
Pineapple quince was introduced in California horticultural trade.
US
West Coast orchards planted Pineapple for fragrant jelly fruit.
US
Specialty growers kept Pineapple quince as a named favourite.
US
It remained a top US nursery quince cultivar.