Not recommended for Sunset zone 37 (stops at 34 and 39), though UConn and Stoecklein claim hardiness to USDA zone 5, so.
Fruits, produced from as early as 3 years, are fragrant and also huge (7" and 1+ lb.); the heavy fruity smell can last for weeks indoors. Missouri BG, Druse, and NCSU claim the flowers are also fragrant, but the other sources do not, which is especially odd considering NCSU uses the phrase "very fragrant". NCSU is also the only source to claim aromatic foliage, so I have not so tagged. Distinctive form.
The top disease problem appears to be fireblight.
Sources: Sunset, Stoecklein, Missouri BG, UConn, Cal Poly (whose taxonomists, I swear, have more departures from consensus than any other source on my list), NCSU, Odenwald/Turner, Dirr, Druse, Dirr/Warren.
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