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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

Bittenfelder Apple

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)

Engelsberger apple

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

Gehrers Rambour apple

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

Hauxapfel

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

Großer Rheinischer Bohnapfel

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

Hilde apple

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

Bayrische Weinbirne

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

Champagner-Bratbirne

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

Karcherbirne

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)

Kirchensaller Mostbirne

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)

Metzer Bratbirne

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

Palmischbirne