Marron™ Medlar espalier dark green foliage and few

dark green foliage and few (though stout) thorns

The Shiro plum is a large

mildew-resistant bush

Rubus idaeus 'Boyne'

Marron™ Medlar espalier dark green foliage and fewMespilus germanica 'Marron' This new cultivar is highly productive and produces large fruit with flavorful pulp. Although little known in the U. S., medlars have been grown in Europe for thousands of years. The unusual round fruits are collected in the fall, after the first frosts. When picked, the fruits are much too hard to eat immediately. If allowed to ripen for a few weeks in a cool lighted place they undergo a process called bletting and become