NCGR-Corvallis - Mespilus Germplasm

NCGR Catalogs with links to GRIN database:

• Medlar Cultivars and Selections
• Mespilus Seed Accessions

Query the GRIN Database

• Retrieve List of Mespilus species from GRIN taxonomy database
• Summary of Mespilus germplasm collection by species
• Summary of Mespilus germplasm collection by country of origin

History - Images

•  Shakespeare's Medlars
•  The Medieval Medlar
•  Medlar Tart Recipe and Engraving from 1653
•  The Medlar of Nottingham - A featured fruit tree description from Southmeadow Fruit Gardens.

Search the Web for Mespilus Images

Pests and Diseases

• Internationally Recommended Methods for Detection of Pome Viruses
• Descriptions of Pome Fruit Viruses and Virus-like Diseases from NRSP-5
• Fireblight in the U.K. Botany - Cultivars - Production

General Medlar Information

• European Minor Fruit Tree Species Database - Medlar Collections
• Description and Use of the Medlar - By C. Bignami of Viterbo, Italy and C. Tsipouridis of Naussa, Greece.
• Mespilus - UBC Arboretum
• Mespilus and Crataegus - Taxonomic Challenges
• Mespilus canescens - A recently described new species from Arkansas.
• The 'Makhila' - A traditional Basque walking stick made from Medlar wood.
• The Brogdale Horticultural Trust - National Fruit Trials in England
• California Rare Fruit Growers - Medlar Citations