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[Karen Tillou <arboretum@homeorchardsociety.org>]

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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