Which plant and fruit is this ? Is it edible?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  August 2021

  Chaenomales aka Japanese quince. 

  
  

  They’re edible and when ripe they can be used to make a quince jelly or paste, and I use them to give a lovely flavour and fragrance to pot roasted pheasant and guinea fowl. 

  However they’re not suitable for eating like an apple as they don’t soften until cooked. 

  
  

  https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/3463/i-Chaenomeles-speciosa-i/Details
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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