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- Raspberry Aronia - a rose plant is native to us
- Aronia - an old, new pome fruit
- Shrub with black fruits and nice autumn colors
- Aronia - uncomplicated and less susceptible to disease
- Aronia berries contain many vitamins and minerals
- Tips & Tricks
Raspberry Aronia - a rose plant is native to us
Aronia, also referred to as an orange blossom in our country, originated in North America and was valued for many centuries by the indigenous population living there as vitamin-rich and healthy winter food.
Aronia - an old, new pome fruit
Their German name "Apfelbeere" owes the Aronia their botanical affiliation to the rose plants. Within these aronia is one of the pome fruit and thus the apple fruit. Like the native apple or the pear, they are called fruits whose interior is connected to an axis tissue. This axis tissue forms the core of the body, which develops during the development from the flower to the fruit out of the carpels.
Shrub with black fruits and nice autumn colors
Aronia is a lush shrub that can reach a height of up to two meters. The leaves are deciduous and turn to beautiful, burgundy foliage in autumn. Since the beginning of the 20th century, aronia has been cultivated as a commercially useful fruit, with particular importance being attached to the two species Aronia arbutifolia (the "Fruity Blueberry") and Aronia melanocarpa (the "Blackcurrant"). Furthermore, there is the species Aronia prunifolia, which occurs especially wild awake in Canada and the US.
Aronia - uncomplicated and less susceptible to disease
For the great interest in an extensive orchard use, there are basically three tangible reasons:
Aronia grows on almost all soil and requires little care. For these reasons, the shrub is suitable for almost any hobby gardener, even if he does not have the famous green thumb. Since not only the fruits, but also the wood of the plant contain high levels of flavonoids, the plant is quite insensitive to external damage such as by UV light, fungi or diseases.
Aronia berries contain many vitamins and minerals
These health-valuable flavonoids are also very abundant in the red to almost black berries of the shrub. Furthermore, high concentrations of vitamin C, vitamin K and folic acid are part of the fruits. Aronia berries are excellent for drying or freezing.
Tips & Tricks
Try this unusual recipe for a delicious Aronia Quince jelly: Boil 200 milliliters of Aronia juice, 500 milliliters of quince juice, a pinch of cinnamon, and 500 grams of gelling sugar (2: 1) in a tall pot for about five minutes Mass jellied. Fill the still hot jelly with sterilized jars and close them tightly. The jelly also tastes with apple or pear juice instead of quince.