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Quince
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Quince

Quince
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Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Rosales
Family:Rosaceae
Genus:Cydonia
Species:oblonga
Binomial name
Cydonia oblonga Miller

Quince is a type of pome, used to make jam and quince pudding. It is also the tree that bears the fruit. The term marmalade, originally meaning a quince jam, derives from the portuguese word for this fruit marmelo. The fruit, like so many others, can be used to make a type of wine. The fruit has a pleasing odor and flavor but is very astringent, so is almost never eaten raw, but in a variety of cooked and sugared forms.


Food  |  List of fruits  |  List of vegetables

External links

Quince Marmalade Recipe
Quince History

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Peter Quince is a Mechanical who helps perform Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream.


  

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