Fruits
Don't compare apples and oranges
Here are some examples of regional and national apple and pear varieties. For more information, please contact the fruit and horticultural associations in your area.
Bittenfelder
Description
Medium to small, flat round
Flavour
Cider apple: high sugar content is disguised by high acid content
Ripe
Ready to pick mid-October to mid-November
Origin
Chance seedling, origin unknown
Engelsberger
Description
Small, uniformly flat round yellow-green, fully ripe: yellowish, peel: smooth, hard
Flavour
Juicy cider variety, pleasant acidity, little aroma
Ripe
Ready to pick mid-September to October
Origin
Chance seedling from the Hohenlohe district (Öhringen)
Gehrers Rambour
Description
Medium to very large, regularly globose, greenish fruit with faded, brownish-red colour
Flavour
Cider apple with very high acid content
Ripe
Ready to pick mid to late October
Origin
Chance seedling, originated in 1885 in the Göppingen district
Hauxapfel
Description
Medium to large, mostly flattened spherical, dark red covering colour
Flavour
Commercial and cider apple, medium-high sugar content, fruity, not very juicy
Ripe
Mid to late October
Origin
Chance seedling from the Göppingen district
Großer Rheinischer Bohnapfel
Description
Medium to small, cylindrical, mottled reddish covering colour
Flavour
Mainly a commercial variety, tart and sour, flesh initially very hard, crumbly later on
Ripe
Mid-October to early November
Origin
Chance seedling
Hilde
Description
Large fruits, flat or elongated, red striped, peel rough and smooth, but greasy
Flavour
Cider and commercial variety, with firm flesh and fine cells, juicy
Ripe
Ripe on the tree in early October
Origin
Chance seedling
Bayrische Weinbirne
Description
Very large, bottle-shaped, whitish green, sunny side orange
Flavour
A pear both for perry and for drying, very juicy, sweet but tart
Ripe
Mid to late October
Origin
Chance seedling, origin unknown
Champagner-Bratbirne
Description
Medium-sized, bergamot-shaped, yellow-green fruit, smooth peel, little russeting
Flavour
Cider and baking pear, slightly tart, spicy
Ripe
Beginning to end of October
Origin
Baking pears were mentioned as early as AD 1500 in the literature
Karcherbirne
Description
Medium-sized, flat round, greenish, yellow later
Flavour
Perry pear, baking pear for sparkling wine production, coarse-celled, firm, spicy, juicy
Ripe
Late September to early October
Origin
Chance seedling from the Schwäbisch Hall area
Kirchensaller Mostbirne
Description
Small fruit, small egg-shaped, pale yellow to golden yellow
Flavour
Perry pear, firm, tart to sweet
Ripe
Late September to early October
Origin
Chance seedling from the Hohenlohe district (Kirchensall)
Metzer Bratbirne
Description
Small to medium in size, striking grey-brown russeting
Flavour
Perry pear, firm flesh, coarse-grained
Ripe
Mid to late October
Origin
Chance seedling originating from Merz (Lorraine)
Palmischbirne
Description
Small, egg-shaped, light yellow
Flavour
Pear for perry, drying and baking, sweet to tart, quite edible
Ripe
Early to mid-September, becomes doughy relatively quickly
Origin
Very old variety, origin unknown
