Story: Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit

A kiwifruit is an unprepossessing berry, the size of a hen’s egg, with brown fuzzy skin. Its flesh is bright green and speckled with small black seeds. Ripe fruit has a tangy, sweet flavour.

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Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, 'Kiwifruit - The hairy berry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17714/kiwifruit (accessed 13 May 2024)

Story by Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, published 24 Nov 2008