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A good 800 varieties of apples and pears
still exist in Styria today.

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Alois Wilfling and Stefanie Schuster buy up
the "old fruit" from farmers

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and sell them to private customers
and the catering business.

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Including varieties such as "Haslinger broad ass"

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"Gute Luise" or the "Lavanttal Banana"

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The determination is not always easy.

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On the basis of 93 characteristics,
experts recognise a breed:

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[Alois Wilfling] ...from it's outer form

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this is a highly built apple, a "Lavanttal Banana"

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Also the dark red ground and body colours
are specific for this cultivar

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and the "inner values", like ...

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the banana yellow flesh

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and the banana-like scent and taste

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Protecting old varieties
is a good contribution to biodiversity:

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Old orchard meadows are among the most species-rich habitats in Austria.