Auerbacher
Variety of Damson · Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
Robust, aromatic plum – proven variety for orchards and home gardens.
Also known as: Auerbacher Zwetsche
7🇩🇪 Germany 1950BakingDryingDessert
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- alte deutsche Landsorte / Zufallssämling
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 30 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized, dark-blue fruit with firm, aromatic, well-separating flesh.
Growth
Medium-strong, healthy growth; self-fertile. Good parent of newer varieties (e.g. Elena).
Yield
Regular, good yields; reliable and undemanding.
Notes
Classic processing and baking plum; Sharka-susceptible.
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