Hi! I am new here.
Though I’ve been on Gardenweb until it became… what it is now. As a result, I’ve been without guidance/companionship for a while. So I am really excited to see some familiar participants here, as well as meet new people! Hopefully I can get some answers.
Here’s my first question. Does anybody grow and have pictures of Actinidia arguta Natasha and/or Tatyana. Onegreenworld used to be the only carrier of them, now I see them offered by many mail-order nurseries, but amazingly, I can’t find a single image of either of them. The descriptions are all carbon copies of each other (does this reference date me?), which is not surprising, but I cannot find a single image or personal anecdote of what it actually tastes like, how big the fruit is, how vigorous or productive it gets. If they grow and fruit as well as the nurseries claim they do, why no pictures? Anyway, if you have a personal experience with Natasha or Tatyana, can you tell me about them? Do you like them? How do they compare to others?
My second question is this, they are usually sold together with Actinidia arguta Andrey as a pollinator. Will it pollinate other varieties, like Ananasnaya, for example? Or does it have something to do with bloom time? Any information you can offer would be great! Thank you.
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I have all three of them. They got hit by herbicide drift the first year, and a late frost the second, so they are still rather small yet this third year. They did survive a rather brutal winter here near Minneapolis/St. Paul, though. I think I bought them from OneGreenWorld. That’s about all I can say about them for now.
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I ate Tatyana fruit at UNH kiwi trial, and was impressed with its size and sweetness. Not the prettiest fruit, but worth growing.