06-25-2017, 04:21 AM
To follow on from what <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/6-estherhb/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="6" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/6-estherhb/">@estherhb</a> mentioned, quince is a hardy plant and can survive without much attention.
And as mentioned by <span><a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/7020-catty-cb/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="7020" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/7020-catty-cb/">@catty-cb</a> it can be found as a preserve or as the base for making preserves because from what I remember, it has something in it that makes it good for that purpose (I'd have to ask my mother, she's used quince in the past for marmalades and so on).</span>
I think it was because of these two reasons that it was commonly found in not just gardens but also some small orchards in the past. And as a bit of trivia, I just found out while doing a search on the quince that the word "marmalade" is derived from the Portuguese word "marmelo" which is what the Portuguese call the quince!
