Date plum
The Dattelzwetschge , also Hungarian Zwetsche, Turkish Zwetsche, Austrian plum, plum sword, horses called, is one of the many plum varieties . In 2003, the state association for fruit growing, gardening and landscape in Baden-Württemberg named the date plum the orchard variety of the year to draw attention to the decline in this crop . It was once common across Central Europe, but is now in decline as the fruit is too small for commercial trade. In the Tübingen area, however, it is still offered at the fruit markets.
The date plum is one of the old plum varieties. It was already described in the "Pomona Franconica" at the end of the 18th century and probably comes from Hungary or Turkey . There seem to be different expressions of the variety. The violet and red date plums are similar in shape, but they differ somewhat in terms of their fruit color and their ripening time. The fruits ripening in August are juicy and aromatic sweet. The sugar content is 16% (60–70 degrees Öchsle ).
The sturdy tree is suitable for orchard cultivation . A special feature is that real-root trees like to form many runners , so that whole plum hedges can arise.
literature
- Walter Hartmann : Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types . Ulmer (Eugen), Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3800143941
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