Medlar 'Marron' (Mespilus germanica)

Marron bears abundant harvests of medium-size, particularly tasty, chestnut-brown fruit.

Medlar grows to be a small, 8 to 10 foot tall tree with striking, long, tropical-looking foliage, large white flowers forming at branch tips, and abundant, brown 2 inch diameter unique fruit. Medlar fruit is eaten when soft-ripe, when it has the texture and taste of spiced applesauce.

Medlar likes half day to full sun and well-drained soil.

Self-fertile and is hardy to minus 25°F.