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Actinidia arguta (Latin Actinidia arguta) - large perennial vine; a representative of the genus Actinidia of the Actinidia family. The second name is acute actinidia. In nature, it grows in coniferous and replaced forests in China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East. Common view.
Characteristics of culture
Actinidia arguta is a powerful liana with a trunk up to 15 cm in diameter, covered with light brown peeling longitudinal stripes with a light bluish bloom. Leaves are narrow oval, rounded-ovate, round or broadly oval, dense, glabrous, dark green, shiny, whole, with finely toothed edges and a rounded base, up to 16 cm long, equipped with dark red curved petioles.
Flowers are greenish-white, dioecious, have a pleasant aroma. Female flowers are single or collected in inflorescences of 3 pieces, male flowers are double, collected in umbellate inflorescences. Fruits are dark green, spherical or cylindrical, with a blunt or slightly pointed apex, up to 30 cm long. The average fruit weight is 5-6 g. Taste characteristics depend on the variety. Most often, the fruits are juicy, tender, sweet and sour, sour or sweet. May have apple, pineapple, or banana flavors.
Actinidia arguta blooms in June, during the week. The fruits ripen in late August - early September. The average lifespan of a vine is 100 years. Winter-hardy and resistant to diseases and pests. Negatively refers to drought and direct sunlight. Suitable for growing in central Russia, as well as in Siberia and the Urals.
Common varieties
* Ilona is a novelty. The variety is distinguished by cylindrical laterally compressed fruits of olive-green color. The pulp is tender, sweet and sour, fruity aroma. Average weight - 4 g.
* Lunnaya - the variety is represented by large cylindrical fruits with olive green skin. The taste is sweet and sour, the aroma is rich. The variety belongs to the mid-late varieties.
* Bureyanka - the variety is represented by oval, laterally compressed fruits of a dirty green color. The pulp is sweet and sour, with a banana aroma. Refers to varieties of medium ripening.
* Ganiber is a high-yielding variety. Allows you to get up to 8 kg of fruits from one adult vine. Fruits are dark olive or dirty green, oval, with a blunt base and a weak funnel. The skin is smooth. The taste is sweet, the aroma is close to kiwi.
* Golden braid is a winter-hardy variety. The fruits are cylindrical, green or yellowish-green, with a rounded obtuse base, a weakly expressed funnel and a pointed apex. The taste of the fruit is sweet, the aroma is apple.
* Red-brown - the variety is characterized by a rounded brown-violet color with small raspberry dots. The skin is glossy, slightly bumpy, thin. The pulp is sweet, the aroma is apple.
* Balsamic - the variety is characterized by oval, dirty green fruits with a rounded base. The taste is sweet and sour, the aroma is balsamic. Average weight - 5 g. It is a variety with an average ripening period.
* Kievskaya hybrid 10 - the variety is represented by large round green fruits compressed from the sides. The pulp is light green, sweet, aromatic. Average weight - 16 g. High-yielding variety.
* Raspberry color - late ripening variety. Allows you to get rounded, raspberry-brownish fruits with a ribbed surface, a blunt base and a top. The taste is sweet and sour, the aroma is strawberry.
* Ruby - the variety is characterized by purple cylindrical fruits. Average weight - 10 g. Fruit skin is smooth. The pulp is tender, sweet. The aroma is intense.
* Original - mid-season variety. The fruits are large, elongated, cylindrical, light green, with a smooth surface. The taste of the pulp is sweet and sour, the aroma is weak. High-yielding variety (10-12 kg per adult vine).
* Curly - the variety is represented by oval-conical light green fruits with a slight yellowish tint. The pulp is sweet and sour, the aroma is pronounced. Average weight - 5 g.
* Dachnaya - the variety is distinguished by large, barrel-shaped or cylindrical fruits of a yellowish-green color. The taste is sweet and sour, the aroma is rich. Average weight - 6 g.
* Geneva is a late variety. Fruits are cylindrical, red-green in color. Sweet taste, honey aroma. Average weight - 5 g.
* Star - new. The variety is characterized by olive green cylindrical fruits with a reddish blush. Average weight - 4 g. Taste sweet and sour, pineapple aroma.
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