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MEDLARS

References-  Catalogue of Chas J  Goodman, Picnic Point, Bairnsdale,
1914.  Medlars were 2/- each.
The catalogue used American spelling for words such as color (colour) and flavor (flavour) and this has been retained.


{VT}  Valley Trees Nursery
      Adrian & Rosalie Taylor
      Cornish Rd
      Ardmona,   3629
      058 290280

List of Medlar Cultivars


DUTCH  One of the best, fruit not large.  A heavy bearer. (Goodmans1914)  {VT}

MONSTROUS  The largest of the Medlars.  Tree with a peculiar crooked growth.  (Goodman’s 1914)  Whereabouts unknown

NOTTINGHAM  Fruit medium size, fine flavor.  (Goodman’s 1914)

ROYAL  A variety highly esteemed in England for its flavor and productiveness.  (Goodman’s 1914) and productiveness.

Grafting Medlars
Medlars can be grafted onto wild Hawthorn plants (which can be transplanted to your garden when dormant in winter), or quince rootstocks which are easily grown from cuttings taken when dormant.

Ideally, transplant Hawthorn plants to a nursery bed or to the intended final location where the medlar is to be grown a season before it's to be grafted.  If it is to be grafted on site, it should be well watered for its first season.  If it has a number of stems suitable for grafting, then graft them all and cut it back to one successful graft the following summer.



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Copyright 19/5/2001 14/08/08



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