Cydonia oblonga Mill, known commonly as quince, is a fruit of significant botanical and economic interest. Its distinctive properties, diverse cultivars, and array of bioactive compounds have ...

The specific epitaph for quince is from the Latin Cydonia oblonga (si-DOE-nee-a OB-long-ga), named from its mythological origin in the ancient city of Cydonia. In Greek lore Cydonia was a city on ...

Quince (Cydonia oblonga) is an ancient fruit native to various parts of Asia and the Mediterranean. Its cultivation can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome, where it served as a symbol of ...

Two weeks later, I had planted a couple and they have been ever-present in my life since then. Unlike the familiar tree quince (Cydonia oblonga), Japanese quince generally grow low and wide — to ...