ADAPTATION OF HONEYSUCKLE VARIETIES ON THE KAMA REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caeruleae Rehd.) is of great interest for the industrial and amateur gardening of the Republic of Tatarstan, as a culture with annual fruiting and early ripening of fruits. The article presents research data for the period from 2012 to 2015 in the training garden of Kazan State Agrarian University on the honeysuckle productivity: the study of the fruits’ mass, its taste, productivity of the studied varieties. The productivity of honeysuckle varieties ranged from 0.76 to 0.82 kg per bush, the average weight of berries was in the range from 0.74 to 0.88 gramm of 2008 year of planting. The productivity of Lazurnaya and Sinyaa ptitsa varieties of 2010 year planting was 0.41 and 0.33 kg, fruit weight - 0.79 g and 0.71 g, respectively. Over the years of research, the most productive varieties of honeysuckle have been identified: Nimfa, Dlinnoplodnaya, Volkhova (0.80-0.82 kg per bush). The studied varieties of honeysuckle are characterized by large-fruited, taste and quality of fruits. The largest berries have such varieties as Dlinnoplodnaya (0.89 g) and Nimfa (0.81 g). The longest fruit of Nimfa variety was - 2.9 cm, Dlinnoplodnaya and Goluboe vereteno varieties - 2.6 cm. Such varities, as Volkhova, Nimfa and Lazurnaya had high fruit qualities up to 5 points, the varities of Dlinnoplodnaya, Bakcharskaya - 4.8 – 4.7 points respectively. The results indicate that the tested varieties of honeysuckle can be recommended for cultivation in farms and amateur gardening in the conditions of Kama region of the Republic of Tatarstan.