The variety Salavatski is also known as Russian-Turk. Very large red fruit, with red arils and sweet/tart juice. It is extremely cold hardy, imported from Afghanistan to the USDA Station in Byron, GA. Has survived -6F in Georgia, so could be grown as far north as coastal New York and New Jersey. Russian pomegranates survived winters where the popular Wonderful variety was killed to the ground. See Article about Pomegranate.