Cydonia oblonga is a deciduous Tree growing to 7.5 m by 7 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in November. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Insects.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It can grow in full shade semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Succeeds in most soils but prefers a light moist fertile soil and a sunny position. Dislikes very dry or waterlogged soils. Succeeds in semi-shade but does not fruit so well in such a position. Plants also tolerate quite deep shade, though they will often not fruit at all in such a position. Plants are hardy to about -15°c, though the fruit seldom ripens in the north of Britain unless it is grown against a sunny wall. The quince has been cultivated for over two thousand years for its edible fruit and its seed, though it is not a widely grown crop. It is also much used as a dwarfing rootstock for pears and some other fruits. There are some named varieties. Plants require warm summers in order to fully ripen their fruit. The var. 'Maliformis' ripens well in cooler summers. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 9 through 3. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a standard with a non-suckering single trunk . The root pattern is flat with shallow roots forming a plate near the soil surface .
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsShady Edge
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsShady Edge
Resources
Black rot of apple
Cabi Plantwise Knowledge Bankhttp://extension.cropsciences.illinois.edu/fruitveg/pdfs/806_Black_Rot_of_Apple…Black rot of appleBlack rot of apple
College of ACES, University of IllinoisIN37100
EENY-214
Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
(Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) 1https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN37100.pdfIN37100IN37100
EENY-214
EDIS - Electronic Data Information Source - UF/IFAS Extension
Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
(Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) 1Quince leaf blight
FACTSHEETS FOR FARMERSCreated in
Bolivia
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July2012
https://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/factsheetforfarmers/20137804395Quince leaf blight
FACTSHEETS FOR FARMERS
Cabi Plantwise Knowledge Bank
www.plantwise.org
Created in
Bolivia
,
July
2012
Quince leaf blight
Major pests
- Adoxophyes orana
Agrilus sinuatus
Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus
Archips podanus
Bactrocera tryoni
Cenopalpus pulcher
Ceratitis capitata
Cossus cossus
Cydia pomonella
Diplocarpon maculatum
Epitrimerus pyri
Erwinia amylovora
Eulecanium tiliae
Gymnosporangium clavipes
Homona coffearia
Leucoptera malifoliella
Lymantria obfuscata
Monilinia fructigena
Monilinia linhartiana
Pandemis cerasana
Parthenolecanium persicae
Pear blister canker viroid
Pezicula malicorticis
Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina
Podosphaera leucotricha
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pratylenchus vulnus
Pseudococcus calceolariae
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Rhopalosiphum insertum
Rosellinia necatrix
Scolytus rugulosus
Tomato ringspot virus
Tylenchulus semipenetrans
Valsa ceratosperma
Minor pests
- Agriopis bajaria
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Alternaria alternata
Amphitetranychus viennensis mite
Anastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha serpentina
Aphis spiraecola
Apple mosaic virus
Apple rubbery wood phytoplasma
Apple stem grooving virus
Apple stem pitting virus
Archips fuscocupreanus
Argyrotaenia ljungiana
Armillaria mellea
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus niger
Bactrocera cucurbitae
Bactrocera jarvisi
Bactrocera zonata
Biscogniauxia rosacearum
Botryosphaeria berengeriana f.sp. pyricola
Botryosphaeria dothidea
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Caliroa cerasi
Carposina sasakii
Ceratitis rosa
Ceroplastes floridensis
Ceroplastes japonicus
Colletotrichum clavatum
Coniocybe pallida
Conotrachelus nenuphar
Euzophera pinguis
Fusarium oxysporum
Geotrichum candidum
Grapholita inopinata
Grapholita molesta
Grapholita packardi
Gymnosporangium asiaticum
Haematonectria haematococca
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Malacosoma parallela
Monilinia laxa
Myzus persicae
Orgyia leucostigma
Parthenolecanium corni
Penicillium expansum
Penicillium italicum
Phyllactinia guttata
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
Phyllonorycter crataegella
Phytoplasma pyri
Podosphaera clandestina
Pterochloroides persicae
Retithrips syriacus
Setoerysiphe kashmiriensis
Spodoptera frugiperda
Stellaria media
Syncephalastrum racemosum
Verticillium dahliae
Xiphinema americanum
Xiphinema index