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MEDLAR , Mespilus germanica, a See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree of the tribe Pomeae of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Rosaceae, closely allied to the genus Pyrus, in which it is sometimes included; it is a native of See also:European See also:woods, &c., from See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland southwards, and of western See also:Asia. It occurs in hedges, &c., in See also:middle and See also:south See also:England, as a small, See also:mach branched, See also:deciduous, spinous tree, but is not indigenous. The medlar was well known to the ancients. See also:Pickering (Chron. Hist. Pl. p. 2o1) identifies it with a tree mentioned in a Siao-ya See also:ode (She-See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King, ii. I, 2), 827 B.C. It is the µeorrlkri of See also:Theophrastus and Mespilus of See also:Pliny. The Latin mespilus or mespilum became in Old See also:French mesle or medle, "the See also:fruit," meslier, medlier, "the tree." The See also:modern French nefle is from a corruption nespilum of the Latin. The See also:German Mispel preserves the See also:original more closely. The well-known fruit is globular, but depressed above, with leafy persistent sepals, and contains stones of a hemispherical shape. It is not See also:fit to eat until it begins to decay and becomes• " bletted," when it has an agreeable See also:acid and somewhat astringent flavour. Several varieties are known in cultivation. The large Dutch medlar, which is very widely cultivated; has a naturally crooked growth; the large, much-flattened fruit is inferior in quality to the See also:Nottingham, which is a tree of upright See also:habit with fruits of about 1 in. See also:diameter, See also:superior to any other variety. There is also a stoneless variety with still smaller fruits, but the quality is not so See also:good.
The medlar is propagated by budding or grafting upon the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-See also:thorn, which is most suitable if the See also:soil is dry and sandy, or on the See also:quince if the soil is moist; the See also:pear stock also succeeds
well on See also:ordinary soils. It produces the best fruit in See also:rich, loamy, somewhat moist ground. The tree may be grown as a See also:standard, and chiefly requires pruning to prevent the branches from rubbing each other. The fruit should be gathered in See also:November, on a dry See also:day, and laid out upon shelves. It becomes " bletted
and fit for use in two or three See also:weeks. The See also:Japanese medlar is Eriobotrya japonica (see See also:LOQUAT), a genus of the same tribe of Rosaceae.
M$DOC, a See also:district in See also:France adjoining the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Gironde from Blanquefort (N. of See also:Bordeaux) to the mouth of
the Gironde. Its length is about 50 m., its breadth averages supplies the tentacles; the subumbral See also:ring supplies the velum. between 6 and 7 m. It is. formed by a number of See also:low hills, which See also:separate the See also:Landes from the Gironde, and is traversed only by small streams; the Gironde itself is muddy, and often enveloped in See also:fog, and the region as a whole is far from picturesque. Large areas of its soil are occupied by vineyards, the products of which See also:form the finest growths of Bordeaux.
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