SC - Re: UK Members
Rachel
Rachel at witchwood.prestel.co.uk
Tue Feb 22 09:28:19 PST 2000
My Raintree Medlar arrived about three weeks ago. It's a very robust tree
with a good looking set of roots. Poor thing has to wait until the rain
quits drowning us to get its real planting. I wasn't too keen on the
prices, either, but the plant looks great (and the currents we ordered are
a lot nicer than I had anticipated).
Another catalog (Millers?) has two varieties of medlar listed. Are both
'period'?
I've been doing a lot of reading on medieval plants lately (Harvey has the
best information so far) and, except for saying that you can mix the medlar
pulp with honey, I haven't seen any mention of what to do with the blatted
fruits. All of my medieval cookbooks are in storage but I don't remember
ever seeing medlars mentioned in any of them but I probably wasn't looking
for them, either. Are there any recipes for medlars? Not that I have
anything to worry about for at least two to three years.... But, then I'll
probably be desperate for recipes for quinces and medlars.
I'd be quite interested in seeds. I'd like to try the Cornus mas, medlar,
and Taxus although I had thought the yew to be fairly large. I thought
privet or box was used for herb garden edging.
So much to learn...
Keegan
At 11:50 PM 2/21/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Would anyone on the list be interested in splitting pound lots of seeds
>for the following species?:
>Asimina triloba (pawpaw) 28.00/#
>Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry) 12.00/#
>Crataegus monogyna (English hawthorn) 15.00/# (rosehaw jelly)
>Crataegus laevigata (English hawthorn) 18.00/# (rosehaw jelly)
>Mespilus germanica (Medlar) 21.00/#
>Pinus pinea (Italian stone pine) 12.00/# (pinenuts)
>Taxus baccata (English yew) 28.00/# (herb garden edging)
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