You very seldom find medlars today other than in really old gardens. If they are grown they are usually planted as ornamental trees because they produce large flowers something like a wild rose. It is possible to buy the trees as bushes or pyramids but they are usually planted as half-standards or standards. The fruit is not picked until November. It is then stored, stalk upwards, being laid individually on paper in a frost-proof room. The fruits are then not used until they go soft and almost rotten. This ripening process is known as Wetting.
The true loganberry should ripen in July and continue to produce fruit for many weeks. It is quite hardy and is a heavy cropper.
The berries are longer than blackberries. The Thornless Loganberry is not such a vigorous grower as the original kind but it is liked by many because it is easier to train with the canes being thornless.
I have not found any special feeding of medlars necessary. Planting the trees. The bush or pyramid trees may be planted as close as 10 feet apart if necessary. The half-standards should be put in 15 feet square and the standards no closer than 20 feet. The actual operation of planting is similar to apples.
The Phenomenal Berry is said to be an improved type of loganberry. It ripens undoubtedly a few days later but does not crop so heavily.
All that need be done is to cut out the dead wood, the diseased wood and any wood which tends to cross over to the other side of the tree and so keep out light and air. Remove also, carefully, the rubbing branches. It is just a question, therefore, of thinning out each December. - 15266
The true loganberry should ripen in July and continue to produce fruit for many weeks. It is quite hardy and is a heavy cropper.
The berries are longer than blackberries. The Thornless Loganberry is not such a vigorous grower as the original kind but it is liked by many because it is easier to train with the canes being thornless.
I have not found any special feeding of medlars necessary. Planting the trees. The bush or pyramid trees may be planted as close as 10 feet apart if necessary. The half-standards should be put in 15 feet square and the standards no closer than 20 feet. The actual operation of planting is similar to apples.
The Phenomenal Berry is said to be an improved type of loganberry. It ripens undoubtedly a few days later but does not crop so heavily.
All that need be done is to cut out the dead wood, the diseased wood and any wood which tends to cross over to the other side of the tree and so keep out light and air. Remove also, carefully, the rubbing branches. It is just a question, therefore, of thinning out each December. - 15266
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By growing both summer and autumn fruit trees in your garden it is possible to have a supply of fresh fruits for a fairly long season.
