I just had my medlar trees fruit for the first time this year. They would’ve fruited last year if it wasn’t for the May 9th freeze that ruined all my other fruit trees chances as well. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how good they are. I left them to ripen on the trees and they started getting soft earlier this month. Some are still on the trees. I really like that it’s a fruit that I can just forget about until December, which is well out of the time frame of the summer/fall harvest season when I’m picking everything else (apples, pears, pawpaws, figs, raspberries, persimmons, etc). The fresh fruits have the texture of apple butter but I think they taste more like apple cider. I made a jam with them and it turned out fantastic. They seem to naturally have some warm spice flavors to them that complements the apple-like taste really well.
They graft well to hawthorn and quince. I haven’t tried grafting to pear. I have tried grafting to crabapples and there seems to be some compatibility there. Some of the grafts were weak and ended up breaking after a year or so. A few of the grafts held strong though and were growing really well the last time I checked. I haven’t checked them in a while since I don’t have that property anymore. Delayed incompatibility was my concern. Here’s a post I made about them last year: Anyone growing Medlar? - #39 by TJ_westPA
I bought my trees online from Cricket Hill Garden. Not sure if they sell scions, but I was very happy with my trees from them. I will have scions available in February/March of the 2 varieties I own (Puciu Mol and Breda Giant) if you’d like me to send you some. I’m always interested in trading scionwood and small plants at that time of year so we could do that if you want.