In article materials on the content of biologically active substances in fruits of rare garden cultures are presented. The characteristics of the varieties of the rare cultures created in the recent years (mahonia, golden currant, barberry) are given, which determines the use in scientific institutions these types of rare multivitamin cultures in plant breeding and for cultivation in farmer and private gardens of the European part of Russia.

In the conditions of NRU “BelGU” Botanical garden, Slovak agrarian university (Slovakia) and Budapest (Hungary) seed spontaneous populations of M. aquifolium surveyed for definition of an assessment of success of an introduction of culture in these districts. The visual description of plants of a magoniya on decorative and hozyaystvenno to valuable signs is carried out. It is established that M. аquifolium can grow in rather various climatic conditions of Central Chernozem zone and the Central Europe. Supervision over winter hardiness of plants of a magoniya in days of researches testify to sufficient winter hardiness of the studied forms in various climatic conditions of Europe. It is revealed that plants well keep the forms, blossom, fructify, development phases keep within the vegetative period that speaks about quite high success of an introduction of this look and as perspective sortiment in the conditions of Europe. The grades created by us and perspective forms of a M. aquifolium can become a sortiment basis for cultivation of this look.