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fnon Medlar Tree ; defer ibed Medlar ', with 

 fmooth or thornlejs branches, fpear-Jhaped 

 leaves, downy underneath, and large foli- 

 tary, cr Jingle-placed, clofe-fitting flowers* 

 fucceeded by large, round, umbilicated, 

 brown, hard fruit, the flze of middling 

 apples, each containing five ftoney feeds, 

 ripening in October and November, but 

 not eatable till after being gathered and 

 lain fome time, when it becomes foft, 

 tender, and palatable, of a fharp, vinous 

 flavour, and compriies the following 

 principal varieties, viz. 



Common Large German Medlar. 

 Nottingham, or Smaller Medlar, 

 Pear-shaped Italian Medlar. 



The Medlar-Tree grows deformedly, 

 twelve er fifteen feet high, or more, or- 

 namented 



