Medlar 'Royal' (Mespilus germanica) Size:3 gal NN " --The Sunday Times

" --The Sunday Times

Plant Description: A stately broadleaf evergreen tree with a rounded

Watering Needs: moderate

Locally raised in Portland

filled with a huge array of thriving plants

Medlar 'Royal' (Mespilus germanica) Size:3 gal NN " --The Sunday Times'Royal' is an English cultivar first imported into the US about 30 years ago. The USDA describes this variety as having :"medium sized fruit, good flavor, heavy cropper." A compact tree growing 6 8' in height. Medlars are close relatives of hawthorns and are native to southeastern coastal region of Mediterranean and southwestern Asia. Medlars have at least a thousand year long cultivation history over a wide region stretching from Iran to England. The