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Askola

Variety of Sea buckthorn · Hippophae rhamnoides
Juicy, high-yielding variety with exceptionally high vitamin C content.
Edible value7Medicinal value7Other uses8
🇩🇪 Germany 1988

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sourtartjuicyaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Selektion aus Wildmaterial
Breeder
Institut für Obstforschung Dresden-Pillnitz
Pollination
dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight
0.6 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Large, juicy, bright orange berries with very high vitamin C content.

Growth

Vigorous, broadly upright shrub, clearly thorny.

Yield

Very high yields; ripens late August to early September.

Notes

Female main commercial cropping variety. Needs a male pollinator.

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