Description

• GEISSHIRTLE/GEIßHIRTLE PEARHarvest:Description: An excellent and aromatic summer pear
• The fruit is small to medium size, with a thin, smooth skin
• Taste: Tastes best fresh from the tree
• Thin smooth skin, very juicy, sweet, with delicate aroma and cinnamon flavour
• Storage: It is a perishable fruit that needs to be consumed within one, at the latest two weeks
• Uses: Eating, jam or stewed.Background: The Geißhirtle is cultivated in the rural environment of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• The pear was discovered by chance around 1750, when goat herdsmen found the seedling in the area of Stuttgart, hence the name
• (goat= Geiß; herdsman = Hirte)