The medlar has been the butt of bawdy jokes for centuries. It’s the smutty clown of the fruit world, which makes us laugh at the absurdity of our own human frailties.
Jokes about medlars stem from two unusual features of the fruit: their appearance, and their ripening habit. Medlar fruits are hemispherical and, frankly, poo-brown. The blossom end of the fruit is a
