Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medlar puree is the key to this recipe - Andrew Crowley If you have medlar trees in your garden, this festive recipe is a ...

No less a literary sage than William Shakespeare dissed it. Today its fleshy, fragrant virtues are extolled by admirers. And although medlar isn't exactly a household word, it is revered by a small ...

Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear? In 2011, ...

How lucky gardeners are these days: we can grow fruit trees for their handsome appearance as well as their fruitfulness. We won't go hungry if we don't harvest the striking red, russet-brown or yellow ...