[NAFEX] Medlar advice

Karen Tillou arboretum at homeorchardsociety.org
Sat Jan 10 19:54:02 EST 2009


i have a couple cultivars - Nottingham is very reliable, decent sized  
fruit, but two others this year were outstanding:

Monstreuse d'Evreinoff - HUGE!  no kidding, the most consistently big  
medlars i've ever seen, most 2.5-3 inches diameter at least.  good  
flavor, bletted fairly quickly (7-10 days) on my kitchen windowsills.   
available as scions from the corvallis NCG repository, or i could cut  
you a little one.

Puciu Big - also nice sized and flavored, comparable to nottingham.  
also from the corvallis repository.

Westerveld - wins the wimpy size award.

here's the deal: you can spread it on toast, or make a time-consuming  
pudding, but you can only eat so many out of hand: there is no denying  
that they have a pasty quality that gets old if fresh eating.

their fall color and flowers and small tree size are lovely qualities  
though, i must admit...

karen tillou
oregon city, OR - zone 8a and wet




On Jan 10, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Ernest Plutko wrote:

> Every January I get strong desires to start gardening and buy
> mailorder plants.  Way way to early but they'll come in May and I
> like ordering them.  I have apple trees but I really don't like to
> eat apples.  I think I will order medlar trees.  Supposedly hardy to
> -35 F which might not be cold hardy enough here, but maybe.  Medlars
> have a bad reputation for being yucky to eat, but maybe not.  They
> are more of a bush and I can protect them during the winter. Any
> advice about their taste, hardiness and what variety to order.
>
> Zone 2/3.
>
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