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Tutti Frutti: Fancy some fresh cherries?

After the sunny and warm May, the first cherries are ripe.

Spread across the 11 municipalities of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere, there are public orchards that belong to the municipal administrations. These are not only freely accessible, but you can even pick the fruit from the trees.

The first fruit to ripen are the cherries, and cherry trees can be found in several communal orchards.

By simply clicking on the map below, you can access the web map that lists all the freely accessible orchards in the region. If you then select the cherry symbol, you can see on the map where the cherry trees are located.

The cherry – juicy and sweet or sour

The wild cherry has been known in Asia and Europe since the Stone Age. Today’s form of the cultivated cherry originates from the area around the Black Sea and found its way to Central Europe as early as Roman times. Cherries are rosaceous plants and belong to the stone fruit family.

The fruit grows on a tree that can reach a height of 20 metres and whose branches are widely spaced. The leaves of the cherry tree are about 15 centimetres long, oval and serrated at the edges.

Good to know

Cherries do not post-ripen. They can be kept in the refrigerator for one to two days, preferably wrapped in a plastic bag. Wash the cherries just before eating them, otherwise they will rot quickly. It is therefore advisable not to pick more cherries than you need immediately.

Tips for correct picking in the orchards

Anyone who wants to take advantage of the free supply of fresh fruit in the public orchards of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere should follow this simple charter of behaviour.

  • I do not climb the tree or use a ladder.
  • I must not damage the tree or other plants.
  • I must not sell the fruit I pick.
  • I only pick the amount of fruit that I need.
  • I do not block the access paths to the orchard.
  • I pick at my own responsibility.
  • I bring baskets to take my harvest with me.