Medelar

[ljgeoff]

I want to grow a couple medelars. After bletting, or aging, the fruit are sweet with a flavor (says the internet) between apple and fig. They can be made into jelly and chutney, mashed and added to yogurt or pudding, or eaten like applesauce, and I'm sure into sweet breads or filling for bars, like Fig Newton's. They're a good source of antioxidants and potassium, magnesium, and calcium.

They can tolerate zone 4 and prefer a sunny, sheltered spot with deep, rich, slightly acitic, well drained soil.