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From: Driss Ghaddab (driss_gh@club-internet.fr)
Subject: Starting medlar
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai
Date: 2000/07/02
Hi,
I'm new to bonsai. I like very much medlar trees, has someone tried to begin it from seed ? I didn't find any literature talking about the beginning of bonsai...
Have I to seed it in a very few soil ? (It is already 2 cms in height with one foil... I seed it one month ago...)
Thank for any help
Driss
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From: SHO2n (sho2n@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Starting medlar
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai
Date: 2000/07/02
The medlar is kin to the apple, and apples and crab apples make great bonsai, so you may have worthwile plant. You may come to be the "go to guy" for medlar. If your seed has put out a leaf you are on the right track. THis baby plant is a few years away from any bonsai training. If I were to treat this like an anpple seedling, let it grow undisturbed all this year. Next year in spring, at repotting time when the buds are about to break, repot into a large growing container or better yet plan tit in the ground. This is the time to clip the long tap root and arrange what will beome the root base. At some point you need to decide how large you want this to be and then com eup with a training plan to get there. MP
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From: Nina Shishkoff (ns44@CORNELL.EDU)
Subject: Re: Starting medlar
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai
Date: 2000/07/03
Hi Driss- where (geographically) are you- France? Medlar is uncommon in this country because no one wants to eat something that has to be bletted.
I've never heard of it being used for bonsai, probably because the leaves are so large. I suspect they won't reduce sufficiently. On the other hand, you won't know if you don't try.
I honestly don't understand what you are asking about the seedling; I would plant it in a big pot and let it grow to a large size before even worrying about training it as a bonsai.
Let us know what happens!
Nina Shishkoff ns44@Cornell.edu Riverhead, NY
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From: Driss Ghaddab (driss_gh@club-internet.fr)
Subject: Re: Starting medlar
Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai
Date: 2000/07/03
Hi,
Nina Shishkoff wrote:
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> Hi Driss- where (geographically) are you- France? Medlar is uncommon in
> this country because no one wants to eat something that has to be bletted.
Indeed, it is difficult to find the fruit here, only in small north-african marke/sgroceriest you can find some. French don't know it ! I live in Strasburg (north-east, near Germany), and have no garden. That's why I thought may be I could grow a little one of my favourite fruit tree.. But I must say I have no experience only strog will... and patience.
> I've never heard of it being used for bonsai, probably because the leaves
> are so large. I suspect they won't reduce sufficiently. On the other
> hand, you won't know if you don't try.
Yes, in my country (Tunisia), we had one and the leaves are indeed large. That's why I asked if maybe I need to let it grow in a very small pot, and may be training it as a bonsai as soon as possible.
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From: Jeremy Browning (jeremy.browning###@###btinternet.com)
Subject: Can anyone help with our medlar problem?
Newsgroups: england.rec.gardening, rec.gardens, uk.rec.gardening
Date: 2001-01-28 07:39:18 PST
Hi
We live in North London (UK) and we have a medlar tree in our garden. Last year it started developing small black blisters oin the leaves, and now they're getting worse - almost as if they're being scorched.
Please - can anyone advise us?
Photographs at http://www.btinternet.com/~jeremy.browning/Medlar/Medlar.htm
-- Cheers
Jerry
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From: Anton (Popiolek.Hils@NOSPAMtesco.net)
Subject: Re: Can anyone help with our medlar problem?
Newsgroups: england.rec.gardening, rec.gardens, uk.rec.gardening
Date: 2001-01-28 14:32:06 PST
Possibly quince leaf blight????? Any other offers?
-- Anton www.ferron-magnetic.co.uk/webgdn/
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From: Bettynh (bettynh@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Can anyone help with our medlar problem?
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Date: 2001-01-29 07:15:31 PST
Medlars are susceptible to fireblight, I believe. http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts/hf205017.htm Is your tree planted with the graft union below ground? Weak graft unions are notorious in this species. Betty
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From: brachypodium (brachypodium@ntlworld.com)
Subject: Re: Can anyone help with our medlar problem?
Newsgroups: england.rec.gardening, rec.gardens, uk.rec.gardening
Date: 2001-01-29 08:54:44 PST
This is almost certainly a leaf spot fungus that will succumb to benomyl or copper-based fungicide.
brachypodium
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From: BeeCrofter (beecrofter@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Can anyone help with our medlar problem?
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Date: 2001-01-30 06:46:29 PST
If it is a fungal disease the damage is allready done. Fungal diseases are prevented not cured.
Tom
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From: Pixellle (pixellle@aol.com)
Subject: Nespola or medlar?
Newsgroups: nyc.food
Date: 1996/05/13
This weekend, at an Italian restaurant, we asked for fresh fruit for dessert. There was one piece of fruit none of us recognized, so we asked the waiter. He said it was called "nespola" in Italian, but didn't know the english word for it. (It wasn't too great -- little taste to it.) The next day, I asked an Italian friend at work. He told me it's called "medlar" in English. He added that if the one I tasted wasn't delicious, it must not have been ripe, because they are delicious. I'd never heard of it or seen it before. He said it's pretty common in Europe but very rare in the US. These days, all sorts of "exotic" or formerly exotic fruits & vegs are imported. It wasn't that long ago that no one had heard of kiwis, and it's pretty easy to find star fruit and other exotics. Have any of you heard of/seen/tasted nespola/medlar? If so, how was it? Inquiring minds want to know!
Thanks!
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From: Sietsema (sietsema@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Nespola or medlar?
Newsgroups: nyc.food
Date: 1996/05/16
It's known to the French as cul de chien, or dog's ass, belongs to the rose family, and is not good to eat until it's almost rotten. Mentioned in Shakespeare several times, although I'm not sure where.
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