We were selling jam during the Buitenwatersloot Festival in Delft last week and a lot of people were asking what medlars are (néflier in French and also mêlier or mesplier, mispel in Dutch). So as I’m in Lavignon this week I took a photo. The tree is full of them! We wait to pick them until late in the autumn (October-ish) and then let them “mature” (which is a polite way of saying rot), this is called “bletting” and makes the fruit edible, either as it is or - of course - in jams and fruit cheeses.