SC - Medlars anyone?

[Donna J. White]

I have one tree, but the squirrels keep a watchful eye on them for the
exactly perfect time to strip the tree and feast on their sweetness.  I
have managed to get a few, but certainly not the amount I should get.  I
can only hope those squirrels make themselves sick on MY pears.

I don't know anything about them.  The tree and a couple of fig bushes
were here when we moved into this house.  they are both quite bountiful
(if the varmints would leave them alone).

Genevieve

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:47:56 EDT evelliott at juno.com (Evemarie Elliott)
writes:
>Medlars were a small fruit that was found in medieval times.  You can 
>grow it in the U.S. as far north as Michigan, I think.  It looks like 
>a small hard pear, but needs to be bletted ( allowed to soften, almost 
>start to spoil) to eat. Small winter pears are similiar to Medlars.
>
>I think they made a Medlar pudding.  Does anyone grow them? 
>
>Eve