SC - Quince question

[Decker, Terry D.]

Quinces having come up in the wedding food discussion, I went to Stefan's 
Florilegium to check out the information on quince recipies.  I have (I 
think) a quince in my yard (*nasty* thorns!), but looking at the 
description of the fruit in the files has me wondering now.  Two bits in 
particular caught my attention:

"Good ones are bright yellow with a tinge of green. If they are wrinkled at
the ends they are getting too old. They store pretty well, but will perfume
your entire pantry (good/bad). Before use, scrub off the brown fuzz under
the tap."

"Quinces are indeed an old world fruit.  Fresh quinces are similar to pears,
except much larger, and you cannot consume them raw (they are far too
tart).  Cooked, they are wonderful!"

     My fruits are *smaller* than pears, and have no fuzz, but they are 
hard as a rock, and when I brought flower sprays into work (I have to prune 
it or I can't get the lawnmower under it), my boss said "What a pretty 
color!  My quinces are more orange."  Is anybody familiar with a variety 
of quince like mine?  Are they edible?  I asked the person I bought the 
house from, but they had no idea (nor about the other trees).

Sandra Kisner, personaless
sjk3 at cornell.edu
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