OSU 9-20 Medlar

 This amazing Medlar likes full to part sun and does well in well-draining soil, it is self-fertile and often begins bearing the 2nd year after planting. The OSU 9-20 and its Medlar varieties is pest and disease resistant and can bear an abundant 20+ lbs. or more crop. This Medlar blooms in May and produces fruit in mid to late October after the first heavy frost. unlike other medlars, you need NOT to "blett" the fruit first to get a lovely sweet, soft, light brown textured fruit that taste similar to a spicy fragrant apple sauce, you can eat this fruit fresh off the tree its hardy zones are 4-9 and the dwarf tree is about 6ft-8ft tall when maturity is reached