Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Champion suits sunny gardens and orchards where its fruit can ripen fully. We recommend it for early bearing, reliable crops and large fragrant quinces, particularly suited to jelly, preserves and quince paste. It tolerates relatively dry conditions. In cooler situations, a warm exposure helps the fruit develop its best maturity, colour and aroma.

Champion

Price range: 18,00 € through 28,00 €

Champion is a a large American quince, suitable for warmer areas of Europe.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

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SKU: 4411 Category: Quince trees

Description

Champion is a popular and regular-cropping quince, suitable for most of the drier areas of the UK.

The spring blossom is particularly attractive.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

American variety bred by Meech in Vineland, New Jersey, around 1870. Old productive and fragrant variety, still grown as a reliable fruiting quince.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Selection of Cydonia oblonga, exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Coing Champion, Quince Champion, Meisterkwee

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Vigorous for a quince, rather upright habit with a slightly bushy tendency, early bearing, mature height around 4 to 6 m

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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