Years ago my friend Maureen gave me two fruit tree seedlings she'd grown herself. For a couple of years neither did well, but one survived and is now bursting its pot. Then last week I spotted a fruit (see above).
It doesn't look like a medlar, which is what I thought I had! I wondered whether it was an apple-shaped quince. I asked Maureen, but she says she didn't give it to me. If it wasn't her, I can't work out who it was - it was definitely someone local.
I haven't been able to find a picture of either a quince tree's leaves or a medlar tree's leaves.
I remember walking with a friend in Greenwich and we passed a tree. Robert, having recently been on a guided walk in the area, asked me what a tree we were passing was. To his surprise, I knew it was a medlar. I believe I recognised it because the leaves looked like those on my tree.
Something badly wrong with my memory!
Still exciting to get a fruit - no plums, and all my figs have dropped off.
