ORBERRY FEMALE CULTIVAR
Dora sea buckthorn variety
The quality cultivar of the Orberry range. Dora holds the record for ascorbic acid — 1,050 mg per 100 g of juice, almost three times the other cultivars — and for carotenoids (32.2 mg), in a small, spherical, dark-orange-to-red fruit. It yields less by weight (14–16 t/ha) but delivers unmatched biochemical value.
PLANT TYPE
Female cultivarPORTFOLIO POLLINATOR
AndrosPROCESSING PROFILE
Fruit processingAT A GLANCE
A closer look at Dora.
Vigour — medium to low · Ripening — the latest in the range, Clara + 20 days · Harvest window — 12–14 days · Fruit colour — dark orange to red · Main strength — record vitamin C and carotenoids
Vigour
medium to low
Ripening
latest — Clara + 20 days
Harvest window
12–14 days
Fruit colour
dark orange to red
Processing profile
record vitamin C and carotenoids — nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics
COMMERCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
A variety for professional orchards.
FRUIT & PROCESSING
Purpose-led genetics.
Dora is suited to the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, where the buyer pays for content rather than tonnage. Its strengths are 1,050 mg of ascorbic acid and 32.2 mg of carotenoids per 100 g of juice, plus phenols and polyphenols; oil 5.6%. Small spherical fruit of 7–8 mm and 0.50 g, no pubescence, short peduncle.
ORCHARD PROFILE
Grow with intent.
Medium-to-low vigour and semi-erect habit; annual growth of 120–140 cm, with very abundant fruiting on the previous year's growth. Economic yields from year 3; yield potential of 14–16 t/ha in mature irrigated orchards at 3.5 × 1.25 m. Tolerant to fusarium wilt. The shortest thorns in the range (2–4 cm).
HARVEST
A distinct harvest position.
The latest cultivar of the range — twenty days after Clara — with a harvest window of 12–14 days. It closes the Orberry harvest calendar.
WATCH-OUTS
Plan for the site.
Slow, pendulous growth in the first year — stake at planting. Lower tonnage than the other cultivars; the value is in the content.
Juice composition: irrigated culture in Arad, five-year averages; oil is measured in fresh fruit. Yield potential: irrigated mature orchard at 3.5 × 1.25 m; results depend on site, season and management.
POLLINATION
Designed with Andros in mind.
Sea buckthorn is wind-pollinated. Andros is integrated according to planting geometry, pollination needs and field layout; its final number and placement are planned for your orchard.
POLLINATION IN THE ORCHARD
The orchard layout determines the number and placement of Andros plants.
CULTIVAR CHARACTERISTICS
The details that matter.
The Orberry variety profile shows the key botanical, fruit and processing characteristics for professional orchard selection.
| Sex / role | female |
|---|---|
| Registered | 2010 |
| Vigour | medium to low |
| Growth habit | semi-erect |
| Annual growth | 120–140 cm |
| Thorns | few, 2–4 cm |
| Flowering time | mid |
| Ripening | latest — Clara + 20 days |
| Harvest window | 12–14 days |
| Fruiting onset | economic yield from year 3 |
| Yield potential | 14–16 t/ha |
| Fruit size | small to medium |
| Average berry mass | 0.50 g |
| Fruit length | 7–8 mm |
| Fruit shape | spherical |
| Fruit colour | dark orange to red |
| Peduncle | short |
| Pulp + juice / skin / seeds | 77 / 12.5 / 10.5 % |
| Total sugar | 8.4 °Brix |
| Total acidity (as tartaric, in juice) | 4.54 % |
| Ascorbic acid (per 100 g juice) | 1,050 mg |
| Total oil (fresh fruit) | 5.6 % |
| Carotenoids (per 100 g juice) | 32.2 mg |
| Fusarium wilt | tolerant |
| Suckering | Not applicable |
| Crown regrowth after cropping | good |
| Mechanised harvest | Not applicable |
| Pollinator | Andros |
| Processing profile | record vitamin C and carotenoids — nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics |
| Watch-outs | slow, pendulous growth in year 1; lower tonnage |
Juice composition: irrigated culture in Arad, five-year averages; oil is measured in fresh fruit. Yield potential: irrigated mature orchard at 3.5 × 1.25 m; results depend on site, season and management.
Data source: Cultivar characteristics: Pomologia României, Editura Ceres. Figures describe documented observations, not guaranteed results. Pomologia României. Values revised 30 September 2026.
PROFESSIONAL PLANTING MATERIAL
Plan your Dora plant order.
Dora is an Orberry female cultivar. Propagated from the certified mother plantation of the varieties. Commercial planting material is supplied with phytosanitary passport documentation.
SPECIFY YOUR PROJECT
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