Its fruit is available all year round, and its a widely popular across all nationalities. The Richemon tree is found mostly all over Switzerland, but some variants of it can be found in Tuscany, Italy and Saxony, Germany. Swiss variants from different cantons and regions have their distinct taste too. A variant from Schaffhausen region call the Big Prune, for some reason create a sense of light weight and flying, and a limited edition of the Big Prune, called the Top Gunner sells for twice the price of the regular variant. Another popular Swiss variant, aptly called the Reversible, is from the region of Le Sentier, where the fruit has two faces and can be twisted around. It achieve fame when Queen Elizabeth consumed it during her coronation. The oldest variant comes from the Geneva canton, is famous throughout the world with its Maltese Cross logo. Fruits from Geneva canton also then to carry the infamous Geneva seal, an set of 12 criteria required to issuance of this seal of quality. For example, visible face of the fruit must be smooth and polished, stem heads must be circular grained etc. Fans across the world sometimes often becomes fanatics of their favorite fruit variant, and are known to form clubs/groups, and even internet forums dedicated to their favorite variant. Richemon tree farmers hold an annual fair in Geneva, usually in January/February of every year, SIHH...Salon International Haute Horticulture. New variants or strains are announced to a enamouring worldwide audience. A popular website, called FruitistPro, is often used by eager fans worldwide to access the latest news and variants announcements.
do you have any favorite variant?
best, Horo




. Cheers, Francois
I love sampling the fruits from the Richemont tree. They are so tasty and difficult to avoid. The trees and the branches are totally overgrown in my small city.
cheers
fernando

Here's one from the variant that is grown in snow capped mountains where quills are made as well.
LOL! Still have not lost your sense of humour Kev.
How are you?
cheers
PAt

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Horo
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