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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

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.