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Medlar : BREDA GIANT Dwarf (Quince A) (Orchard Grade)
$49.95
An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.
Medium sized fruit with a spicy applesauce flavour and texture. This picturesque variety has somewhat droopy branches. A slower grower, it can eventually reach 4.5-6 meters (15-20'). It is originally from Holland.
SELF-FERTILE | ZONE 5 | HARVEST: MID OCT.
Medlar Product Overview
Medlars (Mespilus germanica)
Medlar trees with their sweet, soft and delicious apple-like fruit are very rare and quite unique. Their history goes back to medieval times in England and Europe. In the Middle Ages most walled monastery gardens included a number of these craggy but elegant trees. They can be extremely long-lived. A certain medlar tree in England, planted during the reign of King James I in the early 1600s was reportedly still alive and well quite recently!
A medlar in bloom will rival a rose bush in dignified beauty with its large white blossoms nestled in a whorl of dark green leaves.
1-1.5m (3-5') bareroot tree
Growing Tips
Medlars Growing Tip
Medlars prefer a somewhat sheltered, well drained site with lots of sunshine. Medlars also have a few unique requirements:
- They should be planted with the graft union several inches
below the soil level to allow the scion to form its own roots. - The fruit is still rock-hard and mouth puckering when picked
late in the fall. They need 2 to 4 weeks to soften up (a process
called bletting) before they are ready to eat, bake or roast, or
make jellies and jams.
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