'Kaim' is also called 'Russian 7' 'PI 483111', 'DPUN 61', and 'Kaim-Anor'.
'Kaim' is said to have originally been from 'Azerbaijan'.
This cultivar was test grown in Russia at the 'Kara-Kala Turkmenistan Experimental Station', that 'Experimental Station' collected a cutting of 'Kaim' for their experiments on 'May 1st 1976', that cutting was collected from somewhere in the 'Former, Soviet Union', most likely from a farmers field 'since it was a cultivated cultivar at the time'.
That 'Experimental Station' donated cuttings of 'Kaim' which were imported to the USA 'by the USDA' on January 1982. Every cultivar that the 'Experimental Station' helped to import to the USA was labeled as a Russian pomegranate, regardless of their original origin. A few Months after the cuttings of 'Kaim' were imported to the USA a 'Turkmenistian' government officially took full control of 'Turkmenistian', this event took place about 8 years after 'Turkmenistian' gained it's independence from Russia.
It's very cold hardy, to at least -17.78 Celsius '0 degrees Fahrenheit', most likely more cold hardy than that. It's disease resistant and pest resistant!
The peel's color is yellowish-green with a bright red, or with a orange, or a pinkish blush.
It's fruit are medium-sized, 200-250 grams. It's dark-red arils contain hard large seeds. The juice of it's fruits contain a juice that is light or that is a very dark red. It's arils, it's juice, and it's flesh has a very good sweet-tart-acid balance, a good, complex, and sweet taste with little acidity. Arils easily remove from the fruit, making it easy to eat fresh, with exception to the large hard seeds! It's fruit is resistant to cracking. This cultivar is early ripening, it's fruit starts to mature mid October, maybe even as early as late September. This cultivar is great in climates with short summers. This cultivar is high production.
One of the first to flower, in early June, or even in late May. Oddly for us we have seen flowers on this cultivar as early as the 'first week of April'.
This cultivar has been grown in Georgia since the 70's.
