CHAENOMELES japonica
´Cido´

Growing up to 1.5 m tall, with slightly overhanging, thornless sprigs and few, branching, main shoots; flowers are orange-red; fruits yellow to yellowish-orange, almost to the size of an apple or quince, ripening early September to mid-October, with a higher content in vitamin C than lemons and twice as much pectin as apples – a cultivar from Latvia, termed as the “Northern lemon” planted for the production of juices, jams, fruit pastes, jelly, dessert wines, liquor etc. B, H, Z. Zone 5a.