Fuzzy green or gold fruit eaten halved with a spoon, tart and floral. The Whanganui teacher Isabel Fraser carried Chinese gooseberry seeds home in 1904; exporters renamed the fruit kiwifruit in 1959 for the American market.
It is a fruit eaten raw with a spoon. There is nothing to prepare and no method to write down.
What goes into it
- the fruit itself
How it is made
Nothing is made. The vines are grown on pergolas, hand-pollinated in many orchards because the male and female flowers are on separate plants, and the fruit picked firm and ripened afterwards in storage. The gold varieties are patented cultivars grown under licence, which is a commercial arrangement rather than a culinary one.
How long it takes: picked in autumn and ripened in storage
How it is eaten
Halved and eaten with a spoon, or peeled and sliced.
History
Whanganui teacher Isabel Fraser carried Chinese gooseberry seeds home in 1904; exporters renamed the fruit kiwifruit in 1959 for the American market.
Frequently asked questions
What is Kiwifruit?
Kiwifruit is a snack from New Zealand: fuzzy green or gold fruit eaten halved with a spoon, tart and floral. Whanganui teacher Isabel Fraser carried Chinese gooseberry seeds home in 1904; exporters renamed the fruit kiwifruit in 1959 for the American market.
How is Kiwifruit made?
Nothing is made. The vines are grown on pergolas, hand-pollinated in many orchards because the male and female flowers are on separate plants, and the fruit picked firm and ripened afterwards in storage. The gold varieties are patented cultivars grown under licence, which is a commercial arrangement rather than a culinary one. It takes picked in autumn and ripened in storage.
Can I make Kiwifruit at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. It is a fruit eaten raw with a spoon. There is nothing to prepare and no method to write down.
What goes into Kiwifruit?
The fruit itself.
How is Kiwifruit eaten?
Halved and eaten with a spoon, or peeled and sliced.
