Good enough to eat!

This originally Japanese variety is also known as 'Pastilière'.

The Medlar has been in cultivation since early times, having been grown in the Emperor Charlemagne's garden. The small brown fruits it produces are only edible when 'bletted' or left to turn half-rotten.

Surely the quintessential tree of the Mediterranean and cultivated virtually since the beginning of time, the Olive is only really hardy in the milder areas of Britain.