MEDIEVAL MEDLAR
What’s a medlar, you may well ask. Indeed, after reading this you may well wonder why a medlar! The medlar is a fruit tree and it’s a bit of a curiosity, an edible from a bygone era that was once better known than apple.
It’s a small tree (just 3m high and wide) and a member of the rose family (Rosaceae). Its family relationship gives a clue to how it looks: small single white rose-like flowers, thorns, small toothed
