Recently, California launched a giant kiwifruit. The kiwi fruit is a new variety of kiwifruit cultivated by the Greek fruit tree research institute, its biggest feature is that it is about 50% larger than the ordinary kiwifruit, and because of its huge size, it is called "giant kiwifruit".
Giant kiwi fruit comparison chart
Above, the left is a giant kiwi variety, and the right is a common kiwi variety. The giant kiwi fruit has an oblong shape and a yellow skin, and the taste and flavor are not much different from ordinary yellow kiwifruit.
Once the kiwi variety was introduced, it also caused a lot of discussion. In foreign countries, many people also think that it is a genetically modified kiwifruit. However, according to the person in charge of the breeding-related company, this kiwi fruit is not a kiwifruit variety cultivated through transgenics, but a kiwifruit variety selected and bred under natural circumstances through genetic mutations. Its average size is 50% larger than that of ordinary kiwifruit, and some can be about 1 times larger than ordinary kiwifruit.
The giant kiwi will be on a small-scale market in the United States around November of this year.
The origin of kiwifruit is China, but at present, most of the kiwi varieties in the world are several major kiwi varieties selected and bred in New Zealand.
Outside of China, more than 90% of the world's kiwi varieties are kiwi varieties from Hayward, New Zealand. Although there are many wild resource germplasm of kiwifruit in China, there are few varieties of kiwifruit with large fruit shapes. China's Zhouzhi kiwifruit, Xuxiang kiwifruit, golden kiwifruit and other kiwifruit are mostly medium-fruit kiwifruit, with yellow heart, green heart and red heart.
For fruits, taking Shandong and Shaanxi as an example, in terms of planting habits, we used to be more inclined to large fruit varieties. For example, large cherries, the larger the fruit, the higher the price, the larger the peach, the more expensive it sells, and the apple is divided into first-class fruit and second-level fruit by size. "Price by size" has become a habit in our fruit cultivation and sales.
In this way, the introduction of the giant kiwi fruit variety is more in line with china's planting habits. If it is introduced to China, it may be a major change in kiwi varieties.
Soft date kiwifruit
In recent years, China has also selected and bred new and exotic kiwi varieties such as soft jujube kiwifruit from wild kiwi germplasm resources. In terms of taste, soft date kiwi fruit has a better flavor than ordinary kiwifruit. However, from the perspective of commodity attributes, the commodity attributes of soft jujube kiwifruit are not comprehensive, and problems such as storage resistance and disease resistance are still relatively lacking, and further improvement is needed.
Foreign consumers are also at odds with the U.S. launch of this giant kiwi fruit. Some people expect it, and some people question it. There are also some netizens who send pictures to ridicule, saying that this giant kiwi is still too small, should not be called a giant kiwi, the "kiwi" in the picture below is the real giant kiwi!
Fake "Giant Kiwi"
It's 50% bigger than the average kiwi, and it's not too big.
Are you looking forward to this giant kiwi fruit?