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ROYAL MEDLAR
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ROYAL MEDLAR

(13 customer reviews)

Price range: $49.95 through $65.95

Royal is more upright growing with a rounded form. An attractive, moderate sized tree, it is also very productive. 2.5-4 cm (1-1.5”) nut brown fruit has cinnamon applesauce flavour.

SELF-FERTILE | ZONE 5 | HARVEST: MID OCT.

Growing Tips

Medlars Growing Tip

Medlars prefer a somewhat sheltered, well drained site with lots of sunshine. Medlars also have a few unique requirements:

  1. They should be planted with the graft union several inches
    below the soil level to allow the scion to form its own roots.
  2. The fruit is still rock-hard and mouth puckering when picked
    late in the fall. They need 2 to 4 weeks to soften up (a process
    called bletting) before they are ready to eat, bake or roast, or
    make jellies and jams.

Product Overview
Medlars (Mespilus germanica) Medlar trees with their sweet, soft and delicious apple-like fruit are very rare and quite unique. Their history goes back to medieval times in England and Europe. In the Middle Ages most walled monastery gardens included a number of these craggy but elegant trees. They can be extremely long-lived. A certain medlar tree in England, planted during the reign of King James I in the early 1600s was reportedly still alive and well quite recently! A medlar in bloom will rival a rose bush in dignified beauty with its large white blossoms nestled in a whorl of dark green leaves. 1-1.5m (3-5') bareroot tree

13 reviews for ROYAL MEDLAR

  1. Nicholas L. (verified owner) –

  2. Dustin Bajer (verified owner) –

    I ordered a Medlar a year ago and it was dead on arrival. I contated Whiffle Tree and they send me a new tree this spring. It arrived in excellent condition with very healthy roots. The tree is planted, has leafed out, and is putting on new growth.

  3. Galina (verified owner) –

    Was shipped on time , arrived on the third day , healthy and already have leaves 🙂

  4. Alex Y. (verified owner) –

  5. Radu (verified owner) –

    Exceeded my expectations! The fruit trees arrived well-packaged and healthy. After planting them, they took off right away. They are look absolutely wonderful. I am very impressed with the quality and will definitely order from this nursery again.

  6. kate e. (verified owner) –

  7. D B. (verified owner) –

    Arrived in good condition, growing well

  8. Antony Pepin (verified owner) –

  9. JUDITH EDLER (verified owner) –

    have issue with the gypsy moths- ate the new leaves I am covering to protect and hope the best

  10. Joanne G. (verified owner) –

    Arrived in great condition and already showing some new leaves!

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  12. Christine Halbot (verified owner) –

  13. Wilfred Young (verified owner) –

    Was eyeing all 3 cultivar of medlars back in early spring and just couldnt afford them but when the 50%- off sale email landed in my inbox got 2 of the 3 (3rd was sold out) the marron decided it was gonna leaf out while in transit an looked pretty darn good, royal was just a stick no growth and I was not optimistic it would make it THEN after planting the deer chewed half of the 3.5ft stick BUT has already gained that lost bit in just 3 weeks an looks GREAT!!!! beyond satisfied, always happy with purchases from whiffle tree 🙂

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What is Orchard Grade?

An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

What is a 2 year old tree?

A '2 year old tree' is one that has grown an extra season in our nursery field.

All our trees are planted in the field in the spring as rootstock. They are grafted in August of the 1st year. Most of our trees are dug out in November of the 2nd year. Some trees are in the ground for another season. We dig these in November of the 3rd year. These are considered to be '2 year old trees'.

A '2 year old tree' has bigger roots, a thicker trunk, and more branching (They might start fruiting a year earlier).
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