medlar

• She found in her retreat shrubs which bore a fruit much like damsons; and the rocks were covered with medlar-trees, the fruit of which was excellent. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
• The latter is a sort of medlar, which all hands pronounced delicious. —  In the Wilds of Africa
• Now, the frigate was a very old vessel, and although they had often had her into dock and repaired her below, they had taken no notice of her upper works, which were as rotten as a medlar. —  Jacob Faithful
• The only possible place was in a large old medlar-tree which stood in the middle of the grass plot, with a wooden bench and table under it. —  Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children
• "His cage has often hung in the medlar-tree in the summer," he said, "when I've been sitting out here Let's hang it there now," said Ambrose, "and p'r'aps if he gets hungry he'll come back to where he's been fed The doctor seemed a little cheered by this suggestion, and with Ambrose's help the cage was soon fixed in a good position in the medlar-tree, where the jackdaw could not fail to see it if he came back. —  Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children

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