Variety profile
Sweet cherry ‚Schneiders Späte Knorpelkirsche’
Prunus avium · Rosaceae
- Ripening
- mittelspät
- Harvest
- Week 27 to 28
- Vigour
- stark
- Origin
- Deutschland
- Introduced
- 1850
- Self-fertile
- No
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Einmachen
- Pollinator
- Hedelfinger, Buettners Rote Knorpelkirsche, Sunburst, Lapins
- Rootstock
- Gisela 6, Colt, F12/1
- Disease resistance
- Platzfestigkeit: gering
About this variety
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Schneiders Späte Knorpelkirsche is one of the best known old German dessert cherries, with large, glossy dark red, firm fruits and a fine aroma. The tree grows strongly and becomes large, a classic standard for an orchard meadow and a big garden. It ripens in early July, is self-sterile and tends to split in rain; a suitable partner is, for example, ‚Hedelfinger Riesenkirsche’.
Firm, crisp flesh with a refined, delicate sweetness and restrained acidity. An elegant old dessert variety that many still take as the benchmark for a good firm-fleshed cherry.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
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