Mespilus germanica was a very popular fruit in Western Europe during the Victorian era, but has fallen out of favour there. The medlar is referenced in William Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It, Act III, scene ii, lines 117-120 in an engaging repartee between Rosalind and Touchstone, the Fool.he genus Eriobotrya was once considered to be closely related to Mespilus. The loquat, one of several Eriobotrya species, was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes known in some European countries as a medlar and is still sometimes called the Japanese Medlar.
Median Home Prices. From April to May there was slight decrease in the median home price; however, over the last 2 years, Snohomish County has seen home prices increase by $50,114. What used to costs $200k now costs $250k and so on.
While residents in King and Snohomish counties are used to seeing home prices reachrecord heights, Thursdayâs data showed that Pierce County is booming, as well. While housing prices rose locally over the last several years, Pierce County home costs had remained below the peak reached in summer 2007, when the median single-family house was $291,000. That changed in March, when Pierce Countyâs median house price hit $295,000 after the fifth straight month of double-digit percentage growth, year over year. More people priced out of King County have been looking to move south for affordability, adding to pressures on the Tacoma-area real-estate market.