bletted

32 days ago

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: it's stewed Dog's Arse fruit

I know it looks a bit like pooh and the name is somewhat off putting and the fruit look hideous and are only harvested when they are bletted, that is to say rotting. Maybe I am not selling the Nottingham Medlar very well?

40 days ago

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel: the last fruit harvested, the dogs arses

The thing about dogs arse fruit, Nottingham Medlars in polite society, is that you need to wait until they are bletted ( that is to say gone beyond ripe towards rotten) before you pick them. Explaining that to my assistant, son and heir Joshua, made it hard to convince him to taste one.

1775 days ago

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel - my Dog's Arse fruit tree arrives

Today’s arrival is a new addition to the new orchard, that is to say a Nottingham Medlar or Dog’s Arse, or Open Arse fruit tree. These were apparently popular with both the Greeks and Romans and again in Victorian times and what follows may disgust you and explain why they are now rather rare.