Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
If you grow medlars commercially, you will face several challenges,
primarily because the fruit has not been widely popular since Victorian
times. To market the fruits, you will need to educate customers in what med-
lars are and how to prepare and use the sauce-like fruits. It may be that
selling medlar products will be easier than selling the fruit itself.
Mayhaw
Mayhaws (
Crataegus aestivalis
and
Crataegus opaca
) are hawthorns, of
which hundreds of species have been described in North America. While oth-
er North American species of hawthorn produce fruits and are often used
