FRUIT AND BERRIES
What we grow
We grow more than 30 different types of fruit and berries at Sekse in Hardanger. Many of them include several varieties – sweet cherries alone include 24 varieties.
TYPE
Apples
TYPE
Pears
Anna
SeptemberYes, it is a pear. It has the shape, it has the colour, and for the most part it looks exactly the way you…
Broket Juli
Mid-AugustIf you are hungry for pears and impatiently waiting for the season to begin, you may already be familiar with Broket Juli. This is…
Celina (QTee)
Early SeptemberWithout question, this is Morellmannen's favourite pear. Celina is the red-blushed pear that everyone seems to talk about – and once you taste one…
Clara Frijs
SeptemberGreen or red? There is a small but surprisingly serious debate among pear enthusiasts about which of the compact pears really is the best:…
Fridtjof
Late SeptemberPears can have men's names too – and Fridtjof is one of them. On our farm, he has primarily been given one very important…
Gråpære
Early SeptemberFor this one, we almost need to travel back in time. Gråpære was recorded as being grown in Norway as early as 1752, making…
Herrepære
Late SeptemberHerrepære is a true old-timer in the world of pears, with roots stretching all the way back to Belgium in the mid-1800s. And whoever…
Ingeborg
Middle of SeptemberAsk someone to draw a pear, and there is a pretty good chance the result will look something like Ingeborg. This Norwegian-Swedish bred variety…
TYPE
Sweet cherries
Areko
End of JulyAreko was introduced to our farm in 2023, and to put it mildly: We haven't regretted it for a second. This German-bred variety combines…
Burlat
The end of June in a normal yearAfter an entire winter and spring waiting for sweet cherries, the search for the very earliest varieties can feel a little like a quest…
Coe’s transparente
End of JuneThere was a time when Coe's Transparent was a fairly common sight in the orchards of Hardanger. The variety has its roots in USA,…
Dönnissens Gelbe
AugustYellow sweet cherries are always something of a rarity. But most so-called yellow varieties actually cheat a little – as they ripen, they tend…
Final 13.1
End of august / Beginning SeptemberYet another variety that might benefit from a slightly more imaginative name. But this time, we should at least give them some credit –…
Folfer
Mid-JulyFolfer is supposed to produce enormous cherries. The only problem was that, for several years, the variety itself didn't seem to have received the…
Irena
Mid-AugustAs summer begins to draw to a close and most of our sweet cherry varieties have long since finished, Irena makes its appearance. This…
Kordia
Beginning of AugustKordia is one of the true heavyweights of European sweet cherry production and an important variety in several other parts of the world as…
Lapins
Beginning of AugustIf you had to name one dominant variety in Norwegian sweet cherry production, it would be very difficult to look beyond Lapins. It is…
Merchant
Early JulyBetween Burlat and Prim 3.1, someone needs to hold the fort. That is where Merchant comes in. This English variety was introduced to Norway…
Pillango
The beginning of AugustWe grow a few of the so-called yellow sweet cherry varieties as well. Pillango may develop rosy red cheeks as it ripens, but underneath…
Prim 3.1
Late June / early JulyThis may be one of the saddest names ever given to a sweet cherry. It sounds less like a fruit variety and more like…
Sweet Gabriel
Mid-JulySweet Gabriel is an Italian-bred variety that doesn't necessarily need to shout the loudest to make itself noticed. Because this is quite simply a…
Sweetheart
Late AugustSweetheart Sweetheart has been regarded as a genuinely late sweet cherry variety for many decades. And yes – it is late. But if we…
Tamara
The beginning of AugustThe undisputed queen of sweet cherries. None above her, none beside her. And yes, it may finally be time for the Van crowd to…
Techlovan
Mid-JulyIf we are judging on flavour alone, Techlovan belongs in the top three. No discussion. In fact, it might deserve the number one spot.…
Van
The end of JulyThe sweet cherry most people think of when they want cherries? Van. Apparently, no other varieties exist. :D Van is a Canadian variety developed…
Vanda
Mid-JulyApparently, someone couldn't get enough of Van, while someone else couldn't get enough of Kordia. Both are excellent sweet cherry varieties, each with its…
Vega
Mid-JulyThe king of yellow sweet cherries. At least if you ask Morellmannen – and on this particular subject, there isn't much room for debate.…
TYPE
Plums
Avalon
End of augustAvalon is a relatively young plum variety, developed in England and introduced in the mid-1980s. Its history may not stretch back hundreds of years,…
Edda
End July / Beginning AugustSomeone has to be first. And when the Norwegian commercial plum season gets underway, Edda is one of the varieties given the honour of…
Excalibur
Beginning of SeptemberIf you want an absolute monster of a plum, you want Excalibur. It isn't necessarily the number of fruits that impresses most. Yields are…
Mallard
Late AugustWas Mallard named after the English duck – with its rather impressive collection of colours? Or is there some entirely different historical connection that…
Opal
Early AugustThere was a time when Opal was the main variety in Norwegian commercial plum production. Today, its importance has been greatly reduced – and…
Reeves
End of august / Beginning SeptemberIf you had to choose the main plum of Hardanger, it would be difficult to look beyond Reeves. We estimate that around half of…
Reine Claude Grøn
End of augustGreen Reine Claude It's small. It's green. And to anyone seeing it for the first time, it looks suspiciously like a plum that should…
Valor
Middle/end of SeptemberWhen the rest of the plum orchard has more or less called it a year, Valor is still there, keeping the season alive for…
Victoria
Middle of SeptemberCould this be the best pollinator of them all? At the very least, it is difficult to grow plums commercially without developing a fairly…
TYPE
Raspberry
Glen Ample
The whole month of JulyAlmost fifty years after Glen Ample was developed in Scotland, it remains the variety against which all the others are measured. In many ways,…
Lagorai
From the beginning of June and as long as temperatures are above 10 degrees celcius on averageLagorai is our main raspberry variety – and for good reason. This Italian everbearing variety can, under the right conditions, continue producing fruit for…
Varnes
July and AugustA yellow raspberry? Yes, absolutely – and that is usually the first question we get when someone sees Varnes for the first time. Varnes…
TYPE
Strawberries
Falco
JuneFalco is a Dutch-bred, June-bearing strawberry variety that performs particularly well in tabletop growing systems. And above all, it is the flavour that impresses.…
Favori
May until OctoberPerhaps the name should have been a few letters longer – at least from a grower's point of view. Because Favori has certainly earned…
Rügen – Markjordbær
July and AugustRügen is an old German-bred alpine strawberry variety with a level of production that is almost difficult to believe until you have seen the…
TYPE
Currants
Blanke rips – Kvit Hollandsk
July till end AugustWhitecurrant – White Dutch This is probably the least familiar colour variation of the currant, and people seeing whitecurrants for the first time often…
Jostaberry
Mid july till mid augustWhat do you get when you cross a blackcurrant with a gooseberry? Something that looks like an oversized blackcurrant but tastes surprisingly much like…
Red Currant - Red Dutch
July till end AugustMost of us have probably stuck our beaks into a bunch of redcurrants at some point. Fresh, tart and intensely flavoured, these are berries…
Black currant
July and AugustBlackcurrants may not be the berries you eat by the handful straight from the bush, but they can be transformed into something rather spectacular.…
TYPE
Gooseberry
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