Breda Giant Medlar

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Netherlands

A large-fruited medlar producing some of the sweetest, most flavorful fruit of any variety, popular for high home-orchard yields.

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Growing & Care

Hardiness zone

USDA Zones 5-9

Chill hours

~650 hours

Pollination

Self-fertile but benefits from cross-pollination.

Care info

A vigorous, reliable producer well suited to home gardens.

Recommendations

Let fruit blet (soften and brown with frost or storage) before eating — unripe medlar is inedibly astringent.

Flavor Profile

Spiced apple-pear flavor once fully bletted, rich and datelike

Quick facts

Skin color

Golden-brown

Size

Large

Hardiness zone

USDA Zones 5-9

Chill hours

650