Actinidia - berry vine that came to our gardens from South-East Asia. The whole plant from the bark and leaves to the flowers and fruits is a unique set of useful nutrients for the human body. Sugar, vitamins and minerals, fruits, tannins, flavonoids and glycosides bark and leaves, all can be on guard health.
The best adapted varieties
For cultivation in the regions of Russia is not a mild climate is suitable kolomikta, one of the most common types. Worked tirelessly breeders bred twenty-seven varieties of this crop, well tolerate harsh winters of the middle band. Award for research and breeding steel made in the State Register of the Russian variety with frost resistance up 40-45˚S.
In this article you will learn about some local cultivars of vines, which is different than a gift of mother nature can not be called.
Wafers
Middle ripening. Has a rather large, up to 6 grams, berries, with a pronounced characteristic aroma and sweet-sour taste. Just a couple of berries close the daily requirement for vitamin C. Its content in the 100 grams reaches 1544 mg.
Form elongated cylindrical fruits. Color greenish olive tinge. The variety is resistant to frost up -45˚S.
Grape
One of the most early-ripening varieties. Berry is almost twice smaller than in a waffle, the average weight of 2.3 g Form oval, the color is olive green with a slight blush.
The taste is sweet pulp with a little acidity and a slight aroma of apple jelly. Ascorbic acid 1562 mg per 100 g
Gourmand (new)
Varieties developed relatively recently. Scientists, breeders, in his work took into account the climatic characteristics of our country, and have amazing taste. Term average maturity. Berry weight, slightly inferior to waffle, to 5.4 grams, but has delicious sweet-sour taste and fragrant aroma of pineapple.
All of this will surprise the most refined gourmet. Gentle olive color with berry Zelentsy gives quite aesthetic. It contains a huge number of "askorbinki" (up to 1700 mg per 100 grams of product).
Holiday
The uniqueness of the fruit is that with its sweet taste, contain up to 1900 mg ascorbic acid. Berry is very fragrant, like the smell of ripe green apple. The color of their skin, resembles a little unripe olives. In the form of an oblong cylinder. The shrub plants not more than one and a half meters, no infestation harmful bacteria, pests damage is not more than 10%.
In general, it can be firmly argued that the domestic breeding varieties of Actinidia in many ways superior to their foreign counterparts. The main result of the work of breeders - the plants ability to withstand harsh climatic conditions of our country.