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Time for Autumn, time for Kiwifruit


We have the start of leaves turning brown/red/gold/orange and with it rain, wind - the usual cooler temperatures. It's also the start of Feijoa and Kiwifruit season.


Kiwifruit is grown throughout the Waikato/Tauranga areas of NZ. It is a major export here and is the 3rd largest producing country other than Italy and China. I don't care for it much, we have 2 types, golden and green - I much prefer gold.

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local alien said…
I liked the gold too but we don't get them here. The kiwi fruit we get are often greek, hard as rocks and take ages to ripen. K uses them to tenderise meat
16 April 2018 at 22:44
William Kendall said…
I like the contrast in leaves in that first shot.
17 April 2018 at 03:34
Graham Edwards said…
I eat almost anything (bar certain animal products) but I could never develop a taste for feijoas. That was a shame given that we had at least half a dozen feijoa trees in the orchard.
17 April 2018 at 06:35
betty-NZ said…
I love the gold ones, too!
17 April 2018 at 10:23
b.c. said…
oh its nice to know when kiwis are in season...
17 April 2018 at 11:23
Kalpana said…
Wonderful autumn photos and the information that its kiwi season means we may get some here too, in Delhi.
17 April 2018 at 16:46
Photo Cache said…
I've never seen a kiwi tree in person!

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17 April 2018 at 16:58
NatureFootstep said…
I might have eaten one of them :) Nice to see how they grow :)
17 April 2018 at 19:38
Mike@Bit About Britain said…
I can never make up my mind about Kiwifruit. It's good in a fruit salad. Is it a hybrid of some kind?
17 April 2018 at 22:47
Kay L. Davies said…
A Kiwi who doesn't like kiwi fruit? Surely a contradiction in terms. True, they are pretty much tasteless when unripe, and there's a fine line between ripe and overripe, but I love them anyway!
Kay
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18 April 2018 at 12:35
Rhonda Albom said…
I plan to see some of these ripe vines as I travel through the area in the coming week. I prefer the green and my kids prefer the gold. Many years ago,I went to a pick your own orchard. I came away with buckets of the fruit.
21 April 2018 at 07:12
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