Quince

Annual Production: 34,000 tns.

Main Production Areas: Khorasan, Isfahan, West Azarbaijan, Tehran and Kerman.

Main Varieties: Gurton of Isfahan, Neishapour and Beh Torsh.

Annual Exports: 53 tns.

Nutritional Values: Potassium, phosphorus, calcium, vitamins A & C. Form of Consumption: Fresh fruit and 80% of the total production is used as jam and syrup.

Industrial & Medicinal uses: Quince seeds have medicinal uses.

(Keshavarz 1998-1999)