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Medlars rotting

Medlar rotting on the tree

Medlars are the fruits of shrubs (also called medlars). They are rarely eaten these days, being unsuitable for commercial distribution because the flesh must rot to a brown colour before they are edible.

Medlars rotting on the ground

These were growing in or fallen off a shrub in the RSC Gardens by the river in Stratford on Avon. There are medlars in various Shakespeare-related places in the town, doubtless because they get mentioned in four of his plays.