Orders with subtotals $1,200 and above receive bulk pricing.
If you have placed orders totaling at least $1,200 within the past 12 months, additional orders qualify for bulk pricing.
Trees and plants begin shipping in March.
Potatoes and onion sets begin shipping in late March.
Seeds ship year-round.
Tools and growing supplies ship year-round.
Orders with subtotals $1,200 and above receive bulk pricing.
If you have placed orders totaling at least $1,200 within the past 12 months, additional orders qualify for bulk pricing.
From Southern Caucasia, north of Armenia. Large round bright yellow fruit is sweet, mild and fragrant. Known to bear large crops and has fared well for Maine and Vermont growers. Z4.
(3–6' bare-root trees)
Limited supply—order early!
Maine Grown. NEW!| Variety | Product Type | Maine Grown |
|---|---|---|
| Aromatnaya | bare-root trees | |
| Kuganskaya | bare-root trees | Yes |
| Pineapple | bare-root trees | |
| Smyrna | bare-root trees |
Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered on or before February 20 will ship from March through early May, starting with warmer areas and finishing in colder areas.
Orders placed after February 20 will ship from late April through early-to-mid May.
At one time, every Maine dooryard had a quince, a small tree with large tan or yellowish aromatic fruit with mild light yellow flesh. The fragrance is so intoxicating that just having a bowl of ripe fruit on the table might distract you from getting around to cooking them! Large lovely white to pink flowers—not to be confused with the small-fruited Chaenomeles, Flowering Quince. The wood of mature trees becomes impressively gnarled and twisted. Quince are native to Asia.
Great in stews and preserves. Makes a fragrant orangey-pink jelly—unlike anything we’ve tasted. Sometimes added to hard cider. We asked longtime Fedco friend Aktan Askin, who grew up in Turkey, the world’s largest quince producer, what he most loves about the fruit: “I love the sound a big, fully ripe quince makes as it falls off the tree and hits the ground. So solid. So invincible. Thunk! But that aside, I really just love eating fresh quince with a spoon. Carving little balls out and chewing to juice them in my mouth.”
Ripens in October in central Maine; may not ripen in coldest areas. Susceptible to fireblight and apple borers. Self-fruitful but planting more than one will give better yields. Native to Asia.
Trees reach 10–25' at maturity.
