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The best varieties of sea buckthorn: description
Sea buckthorn is an unpretentious and healthy berry. It is used to make teas, jams, compotes and other goodies. The best varieties of sea buckthorn can be selected in several categories: thornless, productive, frost-resistant. Decide what is your priority and pick your perfect strain.
Description of thornless sea buckthorn varieties
The thorns on the bushes are the main obstacle when growing this berry.
Some sea buckthorn varieties can withstand critically low temperatures
Breeders solved this problem and invented the following varieties:
- “Giant”. It is a small tree up to 3,5 m in height. The fruits are large, bright red. Their shape is cylindrical. The taste of the variety is rather sweet.
- “Solar”. A small shrub with a lush, spreading crown. The taste is sweetish. The weight of one berry is 0,7 g. The peculiarity is the increased oil content in the chemical composition.
- “Friend”. A medium-sized shrub with compact, non-spreading branches. The berries are oval, large, their weight can be up to 1 g.
The described varieties will definitely not bend your hands at harvest time.
The most productive varieties of sea buckthorn
If your goal is a large amount of harvest from each bush, then these varieties are for you:
- “Botanical”. The variety most commonly grown commercially. With proper care, you can harvest up to 20 kg of the crop! The fruits are large, dark orange, almost red, with a pleasant taste.
- Chuiskaya. A tree with a spreading crown, which can be given any shape. Elongated berries with a sweet and sour taste and a medium ripening period.
From a standard sea buckthorn bush, you can collect 5-6 kg of berries, and from representatives of this category – 10 kg or more.
Frost-resistant sea buckthorn varieties
All varieties of sea buckthorn tolerate frosts well, but there are varieties that are not afraid of any frost at all:
- “The Golden Ear”. Small berries that are collected in dense clusters. There are few thorns. Begins to bear fruit early – from the 3rd year of life.
- “Gift of Katun”. A tall bush with an oval crown. There are few thorns, sometimes they are completely absent. Round dark red berries weighing from 0,7 g.
- Trofimovskaya. Shrub with umbrella-shaped crown. Red-orange berries weighing 0,7 g. Feature – high content of ascorbic acid in the composition.
The described varieties can be grown in Siberia and in other cold regions of Russia.
All presented varieties are rich in vitamins and minerals. They have a beneficial effect on the state of the body. Grow a bush with these berries on your site and use them in cooking, folk medicine, home cosmetology.