Upper Austrian wine pear
The Upper Austrian wine pear, also called 'Kärntner Speckbirne', 'Zitronengelbe Mostbirne' or 'Upper Austrian' for short, is a variety of pear ( Pyrus communis ), more precisely a cider pear .
Cultivation
It shapes the landscape, especially in orchards . It does not have high demands on location and soil type . The yield is unsatisfactory at many locations. The Upper Austrian wine pear is used as a must and dried pear. This strain is very prone to fire blight .
origin
The 'Upper Austrian Wine Pear' variety comes from Carinthia . It was presented for the first time in 1888 at the National Fruit Exhibition in Austria and then greatly increased. It is common in Austria , southern Germany and Switzerland .
description
Appearance and leaf
The tree is vigorous, in its youth it is pyramidal and later forms a large, spherical treetop . It can reach an age of 100 to 150 years. The strong main branches are typical of the variety, the annual shoots gray-green and tomentose in the upper half. The leaves are egg-shaped with a serrated edge.
blossom
The specimens begin to bloom very early (age). The flower buds are strikingly large and suede-like.
fruit
The fruit stalk is long, woody and green on one side in a pronounced depression. The fruits are large and top-shaped. When ripe, the smooth fruit peel is green-yellow to lemon-yellow, has no opaque color and has numerous lenticels. The calyx is open in a medium-deep pit with narrow, overlying sepals, which are fused at the base. The yellowish-white, coarse-celled “ pulp ” tastes sweet-tart and vinous. The sugar content reaches 60 to 75 ° Oechsle . The fruit can be confused with the Owener cider pear ; but this ripens earlier and has a shorter stem.
See also: List of pear varieties
literature
- Walter Hartmann (Ed.): Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types. 2nd, heavily revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4394-1 , p. 254.
