414 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



MEDLAKS. 



Broad- leaved Dutch. See Dutch. 



DUTCH (Broad-leaved Dutch; Gros Fruit; Gros Fruit Mon- 

 strueux ; Large Dutch). This is by far the largest and most generally 

 grown of the cultivated medlars. The fruit is frequently two inches 

 and a half in diameter, and very much flattened. The eye is very 

 open, wide, and unequally rent, extending in some instances even to 

 the margin of the outline of the fruit. It is of good flavour, but, in 

 that respect, inferior to the Nottingham. The young shoots are 

 smooth. 



Gros Fruit. See Dutch. 

 Gros Fruit Monstrueux. See Dutch. 

 Large Dutch. See Dutch. 

 Narrow-leaved Dutch. See Nottingham. 



NOTTINGHAM (Narrow -leaved Dutch; Small Fruited}. This is 

 by far the best medlar in cultivation. It is considerably smaller than 

 the Dutch, rarely exceeding an inch and a half in diameter ; but it is 

 much more highly flavoured. The young shoots are downy. 



Sans Noyau. See Stoneless. 

 Sans Pepins. See Stoneless. 

 Small Fruited. See Nottingham. 



STONELESS (Sans Noyau; Sans Pepins). In shape this resembles 

 the Nottingham, but it rarely exceeds three-quarters of an inch in 

 diameter. The eye is smaller and less rent than in the other varieties. 

 It is quite destitute of seeds and woody core ; but the flavour, though 

 good, is inferior to that of the others, being less brisk. 



MULBEREIES. 



The only variety cultivated in this country for its fruit is the Black 

 Mulberry (Morus Nigra), and it is only in the southern counties where 

 it attains perfection. In the midlands it ripens its fruit when trained 

 against a wall ; but it is doubtful whether the crop so obtained is 

 sufficient remuneration for the space the tree occupies. Since the 

 introduction of orchard-houses, the mulberry has been cultivated very 

 successfully in pots, where the roots are kept under subjection, and the 

 tree is confined to the form of a small bush or close pyramid. In such 

 condition it bears fruit abundantly, and forms an object of interest as 

 well as of utility. 



