CYDONIA VULGARIS (ΚΥΔΩΝΙΑ)

Description

Latin name: Cydonia vulgaris
Flowering: March- April
Dimensions: Maximum height 4- 8m./ Maximum earl diameter 4- 6m.
Deciduous fruit tree, related (as species) with the pome fruits (apple and pear). Its fruit is green at the beginning and yellow- gold when it matures. Its shape is like a large pear. It bears fruits in autumn, it’s astringent as fruit and the fruit outside is fluffy at the beginning and smooth and shiny later. It has fragrant, white- red flowering, large, leathery leaves and dark gray branches and trunk. It prefers sandy- loam soils and moist but they should be drained well. We should avoid the calcareous ones.