Posted on 30 October 201823 October 2018 by David Shakespearean medlars, ripening Medlars growing on a tree in the garden at Shakespeare’s birthplace, ripening. The fruit are ready to eat when they have bletted. In plain English, turned rotten – perhaps why they do not turn up on supermarket shelves. Post navigationPrevious post: Autumn fungi: warted puffballs, Shottery woodlandNext post: Swan overhead, flying