MEDLAR  , Mespilus germanica, a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of the tribe Pomeae of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• ROSACEAE

Rosaceae, closely allied to the genus Pyrus, in which it is sometimes included; it is a native of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, &c., from See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland southwards, and of western See also:

• ASIA

Asia . It occurs in hedges, &c., in See also:

• MIDDLE

middle and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, as a small, See also:

• MACH, ERNST (1838– )

mach branched, See also:

• DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous, spinous tree, but is not indigenous . The medlar was well known to the ancients . See also:

• PICKERING
• PICKERING, EDWARD CHARLES (1846- )
• PICKERING, TIMOTHY (174 1829)

Pickering (Chron . Hist . Pl. p . 2o1) identifies it with a tree mentioned in a Siao-ya See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode (She-See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King, ii . I, 2), 827 B.C . It is the µeorrlkri of See also:

• THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus and Mespilus of See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny . The Latin mespilus or mespilum became in Old See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French mesle or medle, "the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit," meslier, medlier, "the tree." The See also:

• MODERN

modern French nefle is from a corruption nespilum of the Latin . The See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Mispel preserves the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original more closely . The well-known fruit is globular, but depressed above, with leafy persistent sepals, and contains stones of a hemispherical shape .

It is not See also:

• FIT

fit to eat until it begins to decay and becomes• " bletted," when it has an agreeable See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid and somewhat astringent flavour . Several varieties are known in cultivation . The large Dutch medlar, which is very widely cultivated; has a naturally crooked growth; the large, much-flattened fruit is inferior in quality to the See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham, which is a tree of upright See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit with fruits of about 1 in. See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to any other variety . There is also a stoneless variety with still smaller fruits, but the quality is not so See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . The medlar is propagated by budding or grafting upon the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white-See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

thorn, which is most suitable if the See also:

• SOIL

soil is dry and sandy, or on the See also:

• QUINCE (Lat. Cydonia or Colonea, Ital. Cotogna, Fr. coing, Mid. Eng. coin, quiet, whence a collective plural " quins," corrupted to singular " quince ")

quince if the soil is moist; the See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear stock also succeeds well on See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary soils . It produces the best fruit in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, loamy, somewhat moist ground . The tree may be grown as a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard, and chiefly requires pruning to prevent the branches from rubbing each other . The fruit should be gathered in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, on a dry See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and laid out upon shelves . It becomes " bletted and fit for use in two or three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks . The See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese medlar is Eriobotrya japonica (see See also:

• LOQUAT, JAPANESE PLUM

LOQUAT), a genus of the same tribe of Rosaceae . M$DOC, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France adjoining the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• GIRONDE

Gironde from Blanquefort (N. of See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux) to the mouth of the Gironde . Its length is about 50 m., its breadth averages supplies the tentacles; the subumbral See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring supplies the velum. between 6 and 7 m .

It is. formed by a number of See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hills, which See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the See also:

• LANDES

Landes from the Gironde, and is traversed only by small streams; the Gironde itself is muddy, and often enveloped in See also:

• FOG

fog, and the region as a whole is far from picturesque . Large areas of its soil are occupied by vineyards, the products of which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the finest growths of Bordeaux .