Pomegranate Cultivar Table

Pomegranate

Characteristics of some of the popular pomegranate cultivars (varieties) grown in California

Cultivar	Origin	Sweet to Sweet-tart	Fruit Size	Rind Color	Aril Size	Aril Color	*Seed Type & PHOTO GALLERY**	Potential Market	Flavor	Notes
Sin Pepe	Chico, CA	Sweet	Medium	Speckled Pink	Medium	Light Pink to Rose	Extremely soft GALLERY	Fresh	Sweet mild fruit	Best if left on tree until October.
Medovyi Vahsha	Turkmenistan	Sweet	Medium	Pink/Red	Medium	Dark Red	Extremely Soft GALLERY LINK	Fresh	Sweet mild fruit	Name means honey; good combination: sweet, soft seeded & pink/red
Myatadzhy	Turkmenistan	Sweet	Medium	Red	Medium	Dark Red	Extremely Soft GALLERY	Fresh	Sweet mild fruit	Good combination: sweet, soft seeded & red
Sirenevyi	Turkmenistan	Sweet	Medium to Large	Tan, blushed in Pink	Medium	Dark Red	Soft GALLERY	Fresh	Complex	Late variety: best in flavor/color in early November
Parfianka	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Red	Medium large	Dark Red	Very Soft GALLERY LINK	Fresh or Juice	Balanced	Named for Parfijia
Gissarskii	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Pink & Yellow	Medium large		Soft GALLERY
Myagkosemyannyi Rosovyi	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Pink & Yellow	Medium large		Soft GALLERY		Citrus
Ariana	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Red		Dark Red	Very Soft GALLERY		Balanced
Molla Nepes	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Red		Dark Red	Very Soft GALLERY
Wonderful		Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Red	Medium	Dark Red	Medium Soft GALLERY	Fresh or Juice	Wine-like	Astringent, California industry standard variety
Purple Heart		Sweet to Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Red	Medium large	Dark Red	Medium Soft to Medium GALLERY	Fresh or Juice	Fruit	Minimal splitting & excellent holding ability off the tree
Ink	Chico, CA	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Dark Red	Medium		Medium GALLERY
Kara Bala Miursal	Azerbaijan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Speckled Pink/Red	Medium large	Red	Medium	Fresh or Juice	Jam-like	Seeds 'pop' when you chew them; hard seed so probably better for juice
Nikitski Ranni	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Large	Red	Medium to Large	Red	Hard GALLERY	Juice	Fruit	Very productive
Sakerdze	Georgia	Sweet-tart to Tart	Medium to Large	Dark Red	Medium to Large	Dark Red	Hard GALLERY	Juice	Fruit
Al Sirin Nar	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Large	Dark Red	Large	Dark Red	Very Hard GALLERY	Juice	Citrus/Floral	Very productive from a young age
Kara Gul	Turkmenistan	Sweet-tart	Medium to Large	Dark Red		Dark Red	Medium hard GALLERY			Darkest variety in USDA collection; name means dark red/black flower
Daru	Himalayas	Tart	Small	Yellow/Green w/ Red overlay	Small	Dark Red to Pinkish White				Used for making the spice 'Anardana'
Haku Botan	Japan	Extremely Tart	Medium to Large	Yellow	Medium	Clear to Yellow	Hard GALLERY	Juice	Lemon-like	Tastes better after stored under refrigeration; primarily grown for ornamental double white flower

*Follow GALLERY to a photo gallery within the 'Flower, Fruit & Cultivar Galleries' for a series of photos for each cultivar.