Growing Medlars: The Ancient Fruit Modern Gardeners Forgot

By Oliver Ashcombe

Once common in orchards across Europe the medlar slowly disappeared from modern gardens

Yet this unusual ancient fruit still offers beauty resilience and a taste unlike almost anything found in supermarkets today

Growing Medlars: The Ancient Fruit Modern Gardeners Forgot is a practical and engaging guide to cultivating one of history's most overlooked fruit trees

This book explores the origins cultivation and unique character of medlars while showing modern gardeners how to successfully grow care for and harvest them in today's gardens

You will learn how to choose varieties plant healthy trees manage pruning and understand the traditional process that makes medlars edible and flavorful

Whether you are interested in forgotten fruits heritage gardening or creating a more distinctive orchard this book offers a fascinating introduction to a tree that deserves renewed attention

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H16XD3D3
• ISBN13: 9798196200687
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"