medlar seed

[sawfish]

my girlfriend got back from a holiday in Italy yesterday with a medlar stone from a medlar she ate.

Does anyone know how to grow these from seed. Would this be the British variety? She said they were orange in colour.

[sawfish]

[artichoke]

Medlars are horrible and not worth growing, in my opinion.

Ex-owner of 2 medlar trees.

[chriscross1966]

Are they the things you have to allow to partially rot before you eat them .... or is that quince?.... never can remember......

[saddad]

Yep Chris, called bletting... True quince are rock hard unless we get a '76 Summer...  :-\

[sawfish]

She said they were lovely. I just fancy giving it a go. Popped it in a pot of sandy compost and put it in the cold frame.

I wonder if its a heat loving italian variety?