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Simple bare root fruit trees and ornamental trees

Nottingham

Mespilus germanica
Nottingham medlar fruits
Nottingham has received the RHS Award of Garden MeritNottingham is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Nottingham Medlar is one of the best examples of this once-popular fruit. Medlar trees are somewhat similar in appearance to a spreading apple trees. The branches often grow in an interesting and fashion and the leaves are attractive in the autumn.

Nottingham Medlars are primarily grown for their culinary value. However they can be eaten fresh - pick the fruit in late October, then store them in a cool dark place for 3-4 weeks to allow them to "blet". The flesh should then be a soft squidgy mush, similar to a ripe date.

Nottingham medlar trees for sale

  • 1-year bare-root tree on Quince A rootstock£38.25
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a large bush-trained or half-standard tree, or a large fan or espalier.
    Available next season

Growing and Training

Nottingham Medlar is easy to grow and well-suited to the UK climate. However for best cropping, a sheltered location with a sunny aspect will give better results.


Nottingham characteristics

  • Self-fertile?Self-fertile
  • Picking periodlate October
  • Food usesDual purpose

More about medlar trees

Medlars are a strange fruit, clearly related to apples but somehow different. The medlar fruits are very useful for old-fashioned preserves. They can also be eaten raw after being left to ripen or 'blet' for a few weeks, at which point they taste a bit like cold-stewed apples.

All medlars are self-fertile, so you only need to plant one. They have nice blossom and turn into nice trees as they get older.


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