Rare fruit tree not seen since 1950s discovered growing in Middlesbrough

Medlar trees in the former Nature's World site in Acklam, Middlesbrough. (Middlesbrough Environment City via SWNS)

By Adam Dutton

A rare fruit tree once nicknamed “open-a--e” by William Shakespeare has been discovered growing in Middlesbrough – decades after the unusual plant all but vanished from Britain.

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(Middlesbrough Environment City via SWNS)

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(Middlesbrough Environment City via SWNS)

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