Yellow Richard

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Yellow Richard
Synonyms Körchower Grand Richard (Kliefoth), Großer Richard, Stintenburger; Eutin Yellow Richard, Winter Richard
Malus Gelber Richard 4469.jpg
Art Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin Körchow in Mecklenburg
known since 1800
breeder Pastor Johann Kliefoth (1772–1869)
ancestry

unknown

List of apple varieties

The apple variety Gelber Richard is a table apple variety from Körchow near Wittenburg in western Mecklenburg . The Gelber Richard variety probably originated around 1800, but was not described for the first time until 1859. The distribution is in all of northern Germany , but especially near the coast.

Variety characteristics

The trees of the Gelber Richard variety are of medium growth and tend to pre-crop fall. The Gelber Richard variety is prone to cancer and scab .

The fruit of the Gelber Richard variety is light green to yellow with a spot of rust in the stem pit . The fruits become medium-sized and cone-shaped. They ripen from September to November.

The "pulp" is whitish and crumbly. It is tasty, sweet and sour with a pronounced aroma.

From a seedling of the apple variety Gelber Richard , the variety Fürst Blücher was bred around 1880 in Vellahn, Mecklenburg .

literature

  • Caty Schernus, Alexander Fromm, Walter Karberg: The apple book Berlin-Brandenburg. Old varieties rediscovered. With recipes and stories , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86124-676-3 , p. 48.

Web links

Commons : Gelber Richard  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Lauche: Yellow Richard .
  2. ^ State capital Potsdam (ed.): Fruit Atlas of the Russian Colony Alexandrowka in Potsdam: A pomological guide. Potsdam 2012, p. 100.
  3. ↑ a b c Description "Gelber Richard". (PDF; 88 kB) North German Apple Days, accessed on March 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b "Gelber Richard" is apple variety of the year 2014. (PDF; 56 kB) Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e. V. (BUND), April 16, 2014, accessed on March 25, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Fruit varieties of the year 2014. Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V. (NABU), accessed on March 25, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Apple history: With taste and with history In: Hagenower Kreisblatt from February 4, 2015.