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MEDLARS. 



Broad-leaved Dutch. See Dutch. 



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

 JUbnstrueux ; 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 outline of the fruit. It is of excellent flavour, 

 but, in that respect, inferior to the following. 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 considerably smaller than the Dutch, rarely 

 exceeding an inch and a half in diameter ; turbinate, and 

 is 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 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 piquant. 



