Suislepa
In addition to our own pleasant recreation center, there is a lot to explore in Suislepa and its surroundings!
The village of Suislepa is primarily known for the apple variety of the same name.
Today, Suislepa is a cozy village with the usual infrastructure of rural life. A visit to Suislepa is made special by the beautiful pristine nature, places for recreation and leisure, and activities that are constantly developing and offer a complete visitor experience for both families and larger groups.
Once you have visited Suislepa Manor, the stone dedicated to the apple tree, the sandstone outcrop, and the memorial stone dedicated to the famine years, there is a recreation area on the banks of the Õhne River with a campfire site, fishing spot, boat harbor, and swing. Near the recreation area there is a basketball and volleyball court, a football field, and a children's playground with everything you need. The approximately 1km-long Manor House hiking trail begins at the edge of the recreation area, with a boardwalk that allows for walking in both summer and winter. Those with more experience can bring a bicycle or stroller. The guide has placed information boards near the hiking trail introducing different tree species so that you don't get carried away with his story.
If you need help, you can ask anyone you meet. The answers are often evasive and long. So far, only one group of tourists from eastern Brazil has been left without help because they didn't ask anything.
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The city of Viljandi is located 40km away from us, and Lake Võrtsjärv can be reached in a 10-minute car or boat ride!
The story of the Suislepa apple
The apple variety “Suislepp” is a local variety that has started to spread from the garden of Suislepa Manor. The variety has been known for a long time and all historical data indicate that it was grown here as early as the 18th century. According to W. Paskevits, the variety was bred from the seed of a Persian red summer apple. The French pomologist A. Leroy first mentioned the apple variety “Suislepa” in print in 1845. By that time, our apple variety had already spread to many European countries. At the beginning of the 18th century, there was a manor in Suislepa – a crown manor, the mansion of which was located above the current singing stage and the former Nurmekivi house. Since the Northern War was going on, Russian and Swedish troops passed through the manor repeatedly, crossing the Õhne River in rafts above the heart of the manor (the Viljandi-Oiu-Tartu road did not yet exist). At that time, it was hardly possible to engage in apple tree breeding, historians believe. The exact time of apple tree breeding is unknown. The next owner of the state manor was Heinrich Bruiningk, the general superintendent of Livonia from 1725 to 1734, whose deputy in Suislepa was the very enterprising lieutenant von Folek. The breeding of the “Suislepa” apple is considered to be the merit of these men and the manor gardener. Unfortunately, the name of the talented gardener is not known. In 1797, Emperor Paul 1 separated a piece of land from the Suislepa crown manor and gave it to Baron Mengden in hereditary ownership. Two manors emerged in Suislepa – the Vana-Suislepa crown manor and the Uue-Suislepa private manor. The orchard remained in Uue-Suislepa. Estonia’s first pomologist, Spuhl-Rotalia, has listed the good qualities of the “Suislepa” apple: the best table apple, an equally good eating, kitchen and sales apple, an expensive and delicately flavoured variety, suitable for growing in both large and small gardens. If someone starts a garden the size of a vacant lot, there should be 5 “Suisleppa” there, he thought. Jurjev’s lunstkerner Danguelli also ranked “Suisleppa” among the 10 best varieties.
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