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
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