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Small rustic tree with original fruit. The round brown medlars, about 4cm in diameter, are picked in October-November. The top part has lobes that are left over from the flowers calyx, its center is hollow. Its rather bitter pulp becomes sweet and soft after frosts or if put to mature on straw (bletting). Is eaten as it is or made into jams and marmalades. In May, its flowers are white, isolated, with a diameter of between 3 and 5cm. The oval leaves, about 12 to 15cm long, turn to browny-red in autumn. It forms a small tree, its branches flaring out with age. The lovely trunk, with cracked bark a grey-brown colour, makes it a charming tree to look at when old. Easy to grow, resistant to cold weather, the heat as well as pollution, and any sort of well filtered soil. It will tolerate chalky and dry soils if grafted to a Hawthorn (as does Minier).