Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | T1 |
Tree Type | Medlar |
Variety | Nottingham |
Rootstock | Hawthorn |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | The Medlar 'Nottingham' is slow and graceful in growth, with white flowers in June and handsome golden-russet fruit in autumn. Prolific, cropping well on three year old trees. |
Comments | The flesh is very sweet and can be scooped out from the centre of the fruit with a spoon. The fruit needs to be bletted before eating. |
Orchard Map |
If you gather not by hand (which is Tedious) Lay a truss of straw beneath the Tree and over that a blanket, discretely shaking them down, not to many at a time (Cook, The Making of Cider 1678)