Fruit Tree Planner

Aromatnaya is lightly sweet with a definite tart edge, with medium-firm flesh and medium fruit. In this group, this brings more acidity and bite than most of the others shown. Choose it for fresh eating, preserves, and a quince that can be enjoyed off the tree, but skip it if you want cooking-only use where a sharper, more traditional quince paste flavor is expected. It usually ripens around early to mid October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Champion is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with medium-firm flesh and large fruit. In this group, it is one of the softer, juicier choices, so it leans more toward fresh eating than long holding. Choose it for jelly, paste, poaching, and all-purpose kitchen quince work, but skip it if you want fresh eating straight from the tree or the most intensely aromatic quince varieties. It usually ripens around late October, in the middle of this group.

Meech's Prolific is sweet with a soft acidic lift, with firm, dense flesh and large fruit. In this group, this is one of the richest-tasting options. Choose it for jelly, marmalade, paste, and heavy crops from an ornamental tree, but skip it if you want fresh eating or a smaller-fruited more compact plant. It usually ripens around early to mid October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Pineapple is sweet with just enough acidity to stay lively, with firm, dense flesh and large fruit. In this group, it is one of the firmest choices, so it handles baking, slicing, or holding its shape better. Choose it for preserves, canning, and a milder, less astringent quince, but skip it if you want the strongest, most traditional quince fragrance and depth. It usually ripens around early to mid October, earlier than most of the others shown.

Smyrna is sweet with a soft acidic lift, with firm, dense flesh and large fruit. In this group, this is one of the richest-tasting options. Choose it for jelly, paste, poaching, and classic Mediterranean-style preserving, but skip it if you want cold climates where Smyrna struggles, or a very mild fresh-eating quince. It usually ripens around late October, in the middle of this group.

Vranja is sweet with a soft acidic lift, with firm, dense flesh and very large fruit. In this group, this is one of the richest-tasting options. Choose it for jelly, paste, baking, and the most aromatic and impressive quince available, but skip it if you want small spaces, since Vranja grows vigorously, or low-effort mild preserving fruit. It usually ripens around early November, later than most of the others shown.