SC - Medlars and Sorb Apples
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Mon Sep 6 11:01:21 PDT 1999
In a message dated 9/6/99 1:49:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sheltons at conterra.com writes:
<< Can anyone who isn't horticulturally impaired explain what these are and
whether they're still used today? >>
Sorb apples apparently are a variety that may have been grown by the Wends, a
Slavic people that inhabited East Germany, but I have been unable to verify
this info. Given the word is most likely a basis for sorb, I would venture to
guess that it also is a type of crab apple.
Ras
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