I think the reason people didn't notice you were right was the use of the common name "quince" rather than "Chaenomeles" in your initial post, @Ladybird4, which confused some forum members, perhaps foreign ones in particular, who only know the "proper" quince, Cydonia oblonga... and, of course, nobody has yet been able to identify a Chaenomeles with purple fruit. I'm going to keep this thread bookmarked in case anyone does so... Chaenomeles thibetica has fruit which ripen reddish, but not purple, as far as I can see.
If a quince then it will smell strongly of a sweet pear with dry cider quality to it. In fact, most edible fruit trees and bushes, I've noticed, also have a sweet smelling sap when you cut a branch.
If a quince then it will smell strongly of a sweet pear with dry cider quality to it. In fact, most edible fruit trees and bushes, I've noticed, also have a sweet smelling sap when you cut a branch.
It doesn't really have much of a smell. I'm not sure if it's because it's not ripe enough? But it just has a smell of when you break a leaf and smell it? If that makes sense. Just smells "green"
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://www.forestfarm.com/chaenomeles-toyo-nishiki-chto055
Never seen this one before either - rather pretty two-tone flowers and pink fruit.
If a quince then it will smell strongly of a sweet pear with dry cider quality to it. In fact, most edible fruit trees and bushes, I've noticed, also have a sweet smelling sap when you cut a branch.