Glossary · Culture
Streuobstwiese
German. Kept in its own language here rather than translated into the nearest English word, because the nearest English word is usually cut on a different axis.
Also written Streuobst, scattered-fruit meadow. Each is a name for the same thing, which is why none of them has an entry of its own.
Definition
A central European traditional orchard: widely spaced standard fruit trees of mixed species and variety scattered over grassland that is grazed or cut for hay.
- Subject
- Culture
- Language
- German
- Also written
- Streuobst, scattered-fruit meadow
In more detail
Streuobst is the German-speaking equivalent of the British traditional orchard, and it faces the same pressures and carries the same habitat value. Its fruit supplies Most, Apfelwein and Viez, and its decline has been met with the same mixture of conservation designation, grant support and marketing of the drink as a way of paying for the landscape.
Where this is covered properly
The glossary defines; these pages explain. Each is described in its own words.
Related terms
Terms that belong to the same part of the subject, or that this one is routinely confused with.
Orchard
Traditional orchard
An orchard of widely spaced standard or half-standard trees on vigorous rootstocks, with a permanent grassland floor that is grazed or mown. In the United Kingdom it is a recognised priority habitat.
Orchard
Standard
A tree grown on a vigorous rootstock with a clear trunk of about 1.8 to 2.1 metres before the first branch, forming a large canopy that can be grazed or mown beneath.
Perry
Mostbirne
A pear cultivar grown for must rather than for eating in Austria, Switzerland and southern Germany — the central European counterpart of a perry pear.
Cider
Most
In German-speaking Europe, either fresh fruit juice or the fermented drink made from it. Which one it means is settled by the country you are standing in, and in Austria it is settled by statute.
Orchard
Agroforestry
Growing trees and agricultural crops or livestock together on the same ground. A grazed standard orchard is one of the oldest European examples, combining fruit, timber and pasture on one field.
Where to go next
- Cider glossary — The whole vocabulary, by subject and A–Z.
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Sources
What this page rests on. Where a source is marked as registered rather than read, CiderHQ is recording that the body is authoritative on the subject without claiming to have worked through the document itself. See our evidence policy for what each state means.
Hochschule Geisenheim University — beverage technology
Hochschule Geisenheim · university · retrieved 2026-08-24
German beverage-technology research covering apple wine and fruit juice processing, including the enzymology of clarification.
Traditional Orchard Habitat Inventory and orchard loss surveys
People’s Trust for Endangered Species / Natural England · specialist organisation · retrieved 2026-08-24
Opened on 2026-08-24. The traditional orchard campaign pages were reached and confirmed, but the orchard-loss figures CiderHQ wants from this body sit in survey outputs rather than on the campaign page, and were not located in this pass.