Quick Facts: Quince

• Because quince is so fragrant, the fruit was once used as a room deodorizer.¹
• Quince was mentioned in Greek writings around 600 B.C. as a ritual item in wedding ceremonies.²
• Reference to the apple in the Song of Solomon in the Bible may have truly been a quince.²
• Charlemagne was partly responsible for introducing the quince to France when he ordered the trees be planted in the royal garden.²
• The ancient Greeks considered quince to be the symbol of fertility and dedicated them to the goddess of love.²

 

• A myth says that pregnant women who eat quince will give birth to industrious and highly intelligent children.²