Heimeldinger

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Fruits of the Heimeldinger variety

The Heimeldinger apple variety used to be very common in the Palatinate, today it is almost extinct. In 2000 Heimelding was the “ Palatinate Fruit Tree of the Year ”.

history

In the herbal books of Hieronymus Bock (published 1539) and his pupil Tabernaemontanus (published 1588–1591) the variety was mentioned under the name "Heymelting".

In the 18th and 19th centuries the Heimeldinger was planted very frequently in the Vorderpfalz and on the edge of Haardtrand . The pomologist Friedrich Jakob Dochnahl from Neustadt wrote about the Heimeldinger in 1862: "Famous Palatine variety, occurring on all streets, ... in the tree nurseries very popular with the country folks, because it bears every year and is suitable for all purposes." Heimeldinger cultivated at the fruit and wine school in Neustadt an der Haardt, but did not meet the requirements of the time. The variety was rated unsuitable in the late 1930s, after which it was forgotten. At the end of the 1990s, no tree of this variety was known. After a search in the local press, a tree was reported as "Heimelding" in 1998, which was in an orchard on the outskirts of Impflingen . This tree had to be felled after storm damage in the winter of 2000/2001 and a strong fungal attack, but before that it was grafted onto young trees in order to preserve the variety. In 2000 the working group for historical fruit varieties of the Palatinate declared the Heimeldinger “Palatinate fruit tree of the year”. In 2011 another tree of the variety was discovered near Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. In the absence of reference material, it cannot be determined with certainty whether the trees found again actually belong to this variety. There are similarities with the purple onion apple variety .

description

Young trees show even branching, thin shoots and steep leading branches. The tree becomes medium-sized, with age a high-spherical, dense crown with branches hanging outwards develops. At 60 g, the firm fruits are small, uniformly flat, 55 mm wide and 45 mm high. Their smooth, only lightly waxed shell has a greenish base color. The red opaque color can cover up to 90% of the surface. The apples are green and rusty on the cup and stem. Their greenish-white, sweet and sour flesh is moderately juicy. The apples can be harvested in September or October and are ready to eat from Christmas to spring.

Synonyms, common names

  • Bach apple (in Palatine "Bachabbel" stands for many varieties, especially for the Little Fleiner , in Rhenish Hesse the expression refers to the Landsberger Renette ) ,
  • Bremerling (after Diel),
  • Real Hammeldinger,
  • Yellow bunch apple,
  • Green Calville, Häämerabbel,
  • Haemeldinger,
  • Hammeldinger,
  • Hammer apple,
  • Hammer scrap,
  • Heimelting,
  • Home apple,
  • Hemelding,
  • Hemeldinger,
  • Hermeldinger,
  • Hermelting,
  • Heymelting;

Varieties

Yellow, large, green, small, white Heimeldinger

Web links

Commons : Heimeldinger  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Working group on historical fruit varieties of the Palatinate: The "Heimeldinger" - Palatinate fruit tree of the year 2000 , accessed on December 29, 2011.

literature

Ritthaler, Herbert (Red.): Pfälzer Obstkultur Freizeit -kauf-Streuobst, Pomologen-Verein e. V. 2012