INTRODUCTION AND SELECTION OF NON-TRADITIONAL FRUIT CROPS OF PONTIISKY REGION IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF UKRAINE AND THEIR PROSPECTSFOR ORGANIC HORTICULTURE
The article gives the results of introduction of 19 species, and a number of cultivar samples that relay to non-traditional fruit crops on South East of Ukraine. The plant varieties of the Pontiisky region – Cydonia oblonga Mill., Ziziphus jujuba Mill., Viburnum opulus L., Cornus mas L., Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., P. × rossica Eremin, Hippophaë rhamnoides L., Corylus spp., Morus alba L. are included in the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine. Other fruit plants are grown by amateurs only. The authors created new cultivars and promising forms of Berberis, Crataegus, Morus, Sorbus domestica, S. aucuparia, Ziziphus jujuba, Cornus mas, Mespilus germanica, Hippophaë rhamnoides. The growing of many non-traditional fruit crops is possible without pesticides, therefore they are promising for organic horticulture.