Here's what you need to know. mescioglu/Getty Images Quince is an ancient fruit that is so old, many people believe it was actually the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden—it’s even older than the ...

Years ago, I rented an old house in a neighborhood of Victorian architecture. In the yard was a bushy tree that bore the most curious fruit. It was huge, shaped like a traditional pear, but was hard ...

In Genesis, the Bible mentions the “forbidden fruit.” Commonly identified as an apple, many people contend it was actually a quince. The quince’s Mideast origin, as well as its fuzzy, daffodil-yellow ...

A coveted quince may have started the Trojan War. Greek lore says quince was the golden apple that the love goddess Aphrodite coveted. Aphrodite devised a scheme that enticed the mortal Paris to ...

Years ago, I rented an old house in a neighborhood of Victorian architecture. In the yard was a bushy tree that bore the most curious fruit. It was huge, shaped like a traditional pear, but was hard ...

Over the years, I, like many gardeners, have purchased shrubs that appealed to me but that I did not know very much about. This behavior on my part eventually led to my planting three quince ...

Question: I have a flowering quince bush. It doesn’t set fruit. My friend gave me some quince fruits. They smell divine. Why doesn’t my flowering quince set fruit? Are flowering quince and quince the ...

A gardening friend planted many fruit trees in the spring of 2009 and though the apples and pears are plentiful, the persimmon, paw paw and quince are still holding out. This year, after the leaves ...