Royalty free Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles Japonica) Blossoming premium stock photo

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Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince. It is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated. The fruit is called Kusa-boke in Japanese. It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink. It produces apple-shaped fruit that are a golden-yellow color containing red-brown seeds. The fruit is edible but hard, and not as well known for its jelly and pie making as its cousin Cydonia. C. japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai. (source Wikipedia). This Picture is made in a Park setting in the Netherlands. More Garden Flora>>> More Spring Impressions>>>