In the North Hemisphere, the annual cycle generally starts in March-April with the breaking of vegetative buds and after 1 month with flowering. The period of regular cropping is about 25-30 years. Quince leaves show a remarkable variability depending on their position and the vigour of the shoot. The length of the leaves ranged from 7 to 14 cm, while the width is included between 5 and 10 cm. The upper face generally is glabrous, while the inferior one is hairy.
Flowers are white or rosy, single and located at the tip of tiny shoots.
When the flower is completely open the diameter in the different varieties ranges 3 to 7 cm. Quince fruit is a pome type with numerous seeds. Fruits are big with a characteristic fragrance, they show variable dimensions and also asymmetric shapes. The skin is covered by an abundant hair that disappears with fruit ripening. In this phase it gets a goldish-yellow colour, more or less marked varying with cv.