SC - Medlars and Sorb Apples

[LrdRas at aol.com]

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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