Cultivation
Cydonia oblonga Mill.
Quince is a valuable clonal rootstock for pear, with key aspects being unidirectional biological incompatibility and the use of interstocks to overcome it.
In the reference 25 varieties crop Quince, where this is mentioned in the description.
Shield budding during the sap flow period in August serves as the primary method for propagating quince varieties in nurseries, while scion grafting is employed when the diameters of the rootstock and scion match. Quince exhibits a specific unidirectional incompatibility with pear: while quince is widely used as a rootstock for pear, the reverse combination is virtually non-viable.
In cases of poor compatibility between pear varieties and quince rootstocks, double grafting is used with an intermediate interstock 8–12 cm in length, which increases the survival rate to 80%. For industrial horticulture, clonal rootstocks are selected (Quince A, Quince C, BA-29) that provide tree dwarfing; however, their use is limited to southern regions due to low winter hardiness.
General information about the subject — on the page Grafting and budding.
Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
RESPUBLIKANSKOE NAUCHNO-PROIZVODSTVENNOE DOCHERNEE UNITARNOE PREDPRITIE «INSTITUT PLODOVODSTVA»
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Pepinieres LEPAGE (FR)/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FR)
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Domaine Public (FR)
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EAST MALLING RESEARCH ST. (GB)
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
EAST MALLING RESEARCH ST. (GB)
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
INCONNU (FR)
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince
Cydonia oblonga Mill. · Quince