Reich fruit variety

Reichsobstsorte is the name given to the fruit varieties recommended in 1922 by the Deutsche Obstbau-Gesellschaft for fruit growing in the German Reich .

The selection was made on January 24, 1922 at a meeting of the German Fruit Growing Society in Eisenach . The aim of this selection was to standardize the range of varieties. Only resistant varieties that are characterized by good taste and economic suitability should be considered. The three apple varieties Bohnapfel , Jakob Lebel and Ontarioapfel as well as the three pear varieties Williams Christ , Boscs bottle pear and Delicious from Charneux were recommended for cultivation. The global economic crisis and the Second World War prevented a significant implementation in fruit growing.

literature

The six Reichs fruit varieties: Natural color plates with descriptions. Rudolf Bechtold & Co., Wiesbaden [1926].
Johann Saathoff: Significant measures of the German fruit growing society. In: The garden world. Volume 26, No. 21, pp. 212-214, archive.org .

Individual evidence

^ Johann-Heinrich Rolff: Fruit types. Variety names and synonyms . tape 2 : The pear. Books on Demand, ISBN 3-8311-1812-4 , pp. 215 ( books.google.de ).
↑ Martin Degenbeck: On the situation of the orchards in Bavaria . In: Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft [LfL] (Ed.): Orchards in the cultural landscape . No. 1 , June 2003, ISSN 1611-4159 , p. 12 .

[1] Johann-Heinrich Rolff: Fruit types. Variety names and synonyms . tape 2 : The pear. Books on Demand, ISBN 3-8311-1812-4 , pp. 215 ( books.google.de ).

[2] Martin Degenbeck: On the situation of the orchards in Bavaria . In: Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft [LfL] (Ed.): Orchards in the cultural landscape . No. 1 , June 2003, ISSN 1611-4159 , p. 12 .