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.
Center-based care most expensive. Not surprising, center-based care is more expensive than home-based care. In Boulder County, it costs $13,210 a year to care for a four-year-old child, while care in a home costs on average $10,440 per year â a difference of 26.5 percent.Although researchers found that prices tend to mirror a countyâs cost of living, they also found that is not necessarily true throughout the state.or single moms, Gunnison County is the most expensive at $11,359 per year, a staggering 85 percent of the countyâs median income. Ouray County is the most affordable: it would cost a single mother there $4,313 dollars per year for childcare, almost 12 percent of the average income in the county.