Hufenbirne

Sabor

Polinización

autoestéril (necesita una variedad polinizadora)

En tercios de mes (principio / mitad / final) para el hemisferio norte en clima templado; la altitud y el año los desplazan.

Fruto

Small-fruited, moderately juicy, firm, mildly sweet-tart. Formerly used solely to make pear syrup (Birnenkraut).

Crecimiento

Very vigorous landscape tree growing into huge, landscape-defining crowns.

Rendimiento

Heavy bearer; historically 15 to 20 hundredweight per tree were harvested in some years.

Observaciones

Rare, robust local variety from the Rhineland (Bonn area) for large orchard meadows. Low soil and climate demands, no special warmth needs; grown up to 350 m. Tree- and eating-ripe in September, keeps only about 2 weeks. On the NRW list of old orchard varieties.

Cuidados

As a large-crowned orchard tree it needs little care; process early since keeping is brief.