Büttner's red cartilage cherry
Büttner's red cartilage cherry , also Altenburger melon cherry or Querfurt king cherry , is a red-colored variety of sweet cherries belonging to the cartilage cherries .
origin
The variety is one of the oldest German cherry varieties. It was discovered as a seedling by the canon Carl Gottlieb Büttner in Halle in 1795 and handed over to the cherry pomologist Christian Truchseß von Wetzhausen zu Bettenburg in 1807 , who then spread it. The Great Princess variety is very similar , the fruit of which becomes a little thicker in the same location. The varieties are otherwise so similar that even experts can only tell them apart after examining the stones.
fruit
The fruit is irregular, large to very large, broad and heart-shaped. Contrary to the name, the tough skin is predominantly bright yellow and only bright red on the sunny side when fully ripe. The pulp is light yellow and firm with cartilage and moderate juice. The taste is sweet and spicy with a slight acidity. It has a medium burst resistance. The stone is round, small and does not come off the pulp easily. The stem is about 5 cm long and stands in a wide and deep pit. It ripens in the 5th cherry week .
tree
The tree is strong-growing with a compact, broadly spherical crown. He wears well and regularly. The tree is self-sterile and needs a fertilization partner. Suitable Hedelfinger giant cherry , Regina , Schneider's late cartilage cherry , Big Black cartilage cherry and Kassins Early .
literature
- Walter Hartmann (Ed.): Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types . Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3173-0 .
- Systematic classification of cherry varieties, 1819, published in Stuttgart by Timoteus Heim
Individual proof
- ↑ Hartmann: Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types . P. 294.