Honeysuckle variety Shahinya
Shahinya - medium-ripening honeysuckle, bred in the Moscow region. Acts as a seedling from free pollination of the Wiliga variety. The authorship belongs to L.P. Kuminov.
The bushes are medium-sized (up to 1.7 - 1.8 m in height), medium spreading, with an oval or conical crown. Shoots are thick, straight, dull, without pubescence, brown-red color. Leaves are thin, loose, medium-sized, dark green in color, with entire jagged edges. The leaf blade is straight, smooth, matte, not pubescent.
The flowers are large, yellow in color. Sepals are of medium size, pale colored, curved upward, slightly pubescent on the outside. The ovaries are oval, without edges, medium pubescent (pubescence is simple).
Shahin's honeysuckle berries are large (average fruit weight - 1.1 - 1.2 grams, length - from 1.6 to 4 cm), a very original, well-defined elongated-cylindrical shape with a sharply chopped off top, forming a wide saucer. Fruits are slightly pubescent (pubescence is simple). The skin is thin, dense, dark blue and covered with a blue bloom. The stalks are elongated, thin, green in color. The cup is closed, with a blunt end.
Berries taste - delicate sweet and sour (with pronounced sourness), dessert type, without bitterness. The pulp is juicy, aromatic, tender. Tasting assessment of the taste of the variety - 4.8 points. In terms of use, the variety is universal (fresh consumption, preparation of compotes, jams, juices).
Fruit ripening occurs in mid-June (approximately from the 17th to the 22nd). The crumbling rate of ripe berries is very low.
This honeysuckle is high-yielding (2.1 kg / bush), frost-resistant. The level of drought resistance and heat resistance is average. Its resistance to diseases is high, and it is weakly affected by pests.
The following varieties are used as pollinators of Shakhini: Gzhelka, Kucha Mala, Moskovskaya-23, Ramenskaya.
The preferred location of the bushes: sun, partial shade.
The variety is unpretentious to soils, but it works best on sufficiently water-absorbing loamy and sandy loam soils.
Shahin's honeysuckle is often used for decorative landscaping.
The main advantages of the variety: large-fruited, dessert taste of fruits, high annual yield, frost resistance, very low crumbling of ripe berries. No flaws were found.
Shahinya has been growing in my garden for about 6 years. The bush is not tall, rather compact. The plant does not require much care. But it is imperative to water during dry periods, especially in spring. In the middle lane, it never froze. The berries ripen in mid-June, hold firmly, do not crumble. The fruits are large. I consider this to be the main advantage of this honeysuckle. There were other varieties on the site, but the berries crumbled, got dirty. The fruit tastes sweet and sour, pleasant. Children like it very much. Strawberries ripen before. I like the variety for its unpretentiousness and stable early harvests of berries rich in vitamins.