And he returned to his dream, pacing slowly from the medlar to the quince and back again.
Inconstancy is a fruit of youth like the fragrant red strawberry of spring; constancy is a fruit of mature age like the medlar of autumn;--therefore in woman virtue may be called the medlar of life!
It was cooler than the beach, and the shade of the old medlar was refreshing.
Bullein says "the fruite called the Medler is used for a medicine and not for meate;" and Shakespeare only used the common language of his time when he described the Medlar as only fit to be eaten when rotten.
The Medlar is an European tree, but not a native of England; it has, however, been so long introduced as to be now completely naturalized, and is admitted into the English flora.
And certainly a fine Medlar tree "ful of blossomes" is a handsome ornament on any lawn.
But, in fact, the Medlarwhen fit to be eaten is no more rotten than a ripe Peach, Pear, or Strawberry, or any other fruit which we do not eat till it has reached a certain stage of softness.
There is a vast difference between a ripe and a rotten Medlar, though it would puzzle many of us to say when a fruit (not a Medlar only) is ripe, that is, fit to be eaten.
They made their way through the medlar trees and scrub to the plateau above, and, the height gained, they turned to look back.
See where the point juts out beyond the great medlar tree.
Delia stood under the medlartree on the lawn, ready to go out, with a bunch of roses in her hand, and her violin-case.
Tea was ready, under the shade of the medlar tree.
On this Mr. Steevens observes that Shakspeare had little knowledge of gardening, the medlar being one of the latest fruits, and uneatable till the end of November.
The inaccuracy seems to be in making the medlar rotten before it is ripe, the rottenness being, as it is conceived, the ripeness.
In the medlar the core (or true pericarp) is of a stony hardness, while the outer succulent covering is open at the summit.
In themedlar the endocarp becomes of a stony hardness.
He brought home heavy takes of fish; but people said that his medlar branch was always hanging up in the boat.
The poor people took his gift, but were little grateful, for they knew the secret of his medlar branch.
A Medlar tree, with its large white bloom and handsome leaves, is desirable, and several of the Services are ornamental small trees.
The grape, the nurse of Bacchus, and the plum, And fig, and medlar on the table come.
If they think they're going to drive him away by reciting lists of the kings of Israel and Judah they're laying themselves out for disappointment," observed Matilda from her seat in the medlar tree.
Crefton Lockyer sat at his ease in the rustic seat beneath an old medlar tree, and decided that here was the life-anchorage that his mind had so fondly pictured and that latterly his tired and jarred senses had so often pined for.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "medlar" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
