Medlar 'OSU 9-20' (Mespilus germanica) Home Bark brown-red when hemlocks are

Bark brown-red when hemlocks are young and darkens with age

and California east as far as the western Dakotas and the Oklahoma Panhandle

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and other birds and small mammals enjoy eating the fruit

This prevents clogging and binding

Medlar 'OSU 9-20' (Mespilus germanica) Home Bark brown-red when hemlocks areProlific crops of chocolate brown fruits on an attractive and compact habit. Medlar grows to be a small, 8 to 10 foot tall tree with striking, long, tropical looking foliage, large white flowers forming at branch tips, and abundant, brown 2 inch diameter unique fruit. Medlar fruit is eaten when soft ripe, when it has the texture and taste of spiced applesauce. Medlar likes half day to full sun and well drained soil, is self fertile and is hardy to