QUINCE

The production of the exotic Membrillo fruit is concentrated in Lima, La Libertad, Moquegua, Ancash, Arequipa, Ica, Apurímac, Ayacucho, Tacna and Huancavelica.

Charateristics

• It is a piriform knob.
• It is yellow-golden in color and very aromatic.
• Its size is 7.5 cm in length or more, with the apex umbilicated.
• The rough and yellowish pulp.
• It contains numerous seeds.
• The fruit is formed at the tip of small buds, on brindillas or in branches of the previous year.