Marron™ Medlar Size:Semi-Dwarf (4'-5') Mespilus germanica 'Sultan'

Mespilus germanica 'Sultan'

A russetted French heritage pear from 1815

Toona or Cedrela sinensis

ready for harvest in August in the Pacific Northwest

Ripening Time: September/October

Marron™ Medlar Size:Semi-Dwarf (4'-5') Mespilus germanica 'Sultan'Mespilus germanica 'Marron' This new cultivar is highly productive and produces large fruit with flavorful pulp. Although little known in the U. S., medlars have been grown in Europe for thousands of years. The unusual round fruits are collected in the fall, after the first frosts. When picked, the fruits are much too hard to eat immediately. If allowed to ripen for a few weeks in a cool lighted place they undergo a process called bletting and become