Pfucken Cherries - cherry harvest

Cherry harvest: the start of summer is good Su eat cherries?

Cherry tree in front of the cherry harvest (photo: Aquamelli @ wikimedia, Public Domain)
Cherry tree in front of the cherry harvest (photo: Aquamelli @ wikimedia, Public Domain)

Punctually at the official start of summer in this country are the first Su? Cherry ripe. Summer, sun, cherries snack - what a treat!

Depending on the maturity to distinguish so-called cherry weeks. Every week get different types of cherries their maturity - which provides for flavor variety.

The harvest period extends into August. The fruit growers hatscheln the delicate cherry almost Su: To protect against rain they span huge umbrellas over their systems Su cherry on top to allow full standing Fruit juice bursting?.
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Cherry harvest: Su pick your cherries in your garden?.
Cherry harvest: Su pick your cherries in your garden?.

Around a kilogram cherries let everyone Federal Burger taste per year. Many a notorious pure. ? The hei t but not allowing them only from hand to mouth can enjoy s: As fruity Filling of cream cakes or delicious cheese dishes and reflect what is in them. Even as an ornament, the su? En Fruchtchen just fantastic.

In addition to their aromatic taste can the Su? Cherry alike? En outdo their nutrients. They provide important minerals such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron. To a balanced mixture of pro-vitamin A, vitamin B group, vitamin C and E are the levels of bioactive substances such as anthocyanins. This reddish-purple vegetable dyes are said to have many positive effects on the human body.
Tricks and tips on the "tangle"

* Cherries are among the not ripen fruit, so you should buy them ripe and full ausgefarbt.

* A sign of freshness is the green color of the stem. It should also be anchored firmly to the smooth and cherry.

* Fruits, which have even the smallest defect such as cracks and bruises must immediately be discarded, as there is a risk of mold growth.

* Pluck off the stem after the washing, so the flavor does not wash.

* Cherries at most two to three days in a refrigerator Gemusefach store.

* Stone fruits can be easier if they first submit a few minutes in the freezer.

* The Su stoned? Cherries can be canned excellent jam. This is particularly aromatic, each with two cores per cherry jar.

Caution: In Fruhsommer threatens to be contaminated by the cherry fruit fly - especially the Su cherry tree under threat?.

Pick your cherries
Cherry harvest: the cherries should be gepfluckt before the rain, as they burst otherwise. Photo: Press office German fruit and vegetables.

Why Cherries are bursting with the harvest in the rain on?

The rain water on the fruit surface penetrates into the flesh. This enlarged ert? To the volume considerably. The au? Ere layer of the fruit get so energized that they purifica from the transgression of a critical limit? T.

The water absorption is based on a physical process. In the fruit contains a number of dissolved substances such as Fruit sugar and fruit acids. Rainwater contains very little dissolved unlike minerals. The drive for the water intake is in the concentration balance between the fruit rain water solution. In short: Where a lot of sugar, it also draws out water. Especially just before harvest time, the flesh takes on a very high sugar content.

(Press office German fruit and vegetables)...