Flowering quince 'Crimson Gold'
Chaenomeles superba
1,2 m       1,5 m      Hardiness zone 4   

The flowering quince ‘Crimson Gold’ (Chaenomeless superba), its name refers to its flowers with a heart of gold covering the branches of carmine, a festival of pollinators early in the season. Even in the shade, the quince tree is spectacular in a hedge, concealing a few prickly thorns but represents much more than an ornament.

Its apple-shaped fruits, quinces, similar to golden lemons, in addition to vitamins, are perfumed when ripe and make up the cheeks with a rosy shade as if to make up for excess acidity. It intervenes everywhere where one wishes to replace the lemon. It is enough to prepare them like preserved lemons, in salted brine. Lactic fermentation attenuates and softens this very hard fruit, tooth-breaking, although the action of the first frosts improves it greatly. This method, as lazy as it is delicious and healthy, is almost a must-have from the moment you discover it, knowing that otherwise, you have to arm yourself with sugar and patience with a long, long… long cooking. All that remains is to cut it without forcing into pretty quarters that accompany and water rice and oriental grills.

It suckers without escaping, even in heavy, humid soil, tolerating urban air pollution. It lasts more than 40 years.

The flowering quince ‘Crimson Gold’ (also called ‘Crimson and Gold’) is partially self-fertile, its fruits are numerous and larger when planted in the company of the quince tree ‘Geisha‘.

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