We have to cage almost anything we plant or the deer mow them to the ground... This past winter with multiple heavy snows really had the deer eating anything! Even scrub pine shoots which means the deer were really starving.

Quince are related to apples and pears. Their fruit are basically seckel pear sized, but a little more unevenly shaped and bright yellow when ripe and in my experience, more for preserves, jellies and baking over fresh eating. Very high in pectin and astringent.