Schöenbrunn Ground Cherry Seeds

This is the most delicious annual fruit I’ve ever grown, bar none – and there are many I grow that I really like. I could plant an ocean of these things. Even though these are called ‘ground cherries’ there is not much overlap, these fruits are WAY bigger, closer to the size of apricots. The texture of the flesh is different too, these are more meaty like a plum but without the pit. Fruits also hang tightly to the plants and don’t fall. Hard to really describe what they taste like, but a really sweet clementine mixed with mango comes to mind. Just outstanding taste. The plants are quite large, 3 to 4 feet. Needs to be started at the same time as tomatoes since these are somewhat later maturing. The fruits progress through various stages of ripeness, each one having different flavor nuances. Personally, add the height of ripeness I find there is a bit of a coconut taste, so I eat them earlier, when they’re more tart. As far as I’m concerned there is no better annual fruit out there that can be grown. Needs to be started 8 weeks before plant out.  2024 seed. (Picture is the Schöenbrunn ground cherry next to the Aunt Molly’s variety.)