Large black cartilage cherry
The big black cartilage cherry also Prinzenkirsche , brown Prinzer , Schwarze Lothkirsche , Schwarze von Lobenrot , Weilheimer Riesen , Diemitzer cartilage , brown cartilage , Biggarreau Noir , or Cerise Coeur Noir is a dark variety of sweet cherries belonging to the cartilage cherries .
origin
It is one of the oldest cherry varieties and comes from France, where it was first mentioned in 1540. It is still one of the most common varieties today.
fruit
The fruit is medium-sized, round and even. When fully ripe, the firm skin is dark red to brown-purple, not entirely black. The firm pulp is dark red around the stone, slightly lighter on the outside; aromatic in taste, often with a slightly bitter tone. It is burst resistant. The stone is small, oval, with a conspicuous hook on the handle and a clear groove. The stem is medium-long, about 4.5 cm and medium-thick, somewhat reddened, the base of the stem is medium-sized. It ripens in the 5th to 6th cherry week .
tree
The tree grows medium-strong, steep, with flag-like, poorly branching side branches. The crown is globose without a dominant trunk center. It is self-sterile and needs a fertilization partner, the S allele of the tree is S3S5. It flowers mid-late to late with some greenish leaf shoots.
literature
- Systematic classification of cherry varieties, 1819, published in Stuttgart by Timoteus Heim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Large black cartilage on bienenkunde.rlp.de, accessed on June 8, 2016, 4:32 pm