Selected Varieties of Kiwi



1. Soyou (Actinidia chinensis) : Red fleshed early variety maturing from third week of Bhadra and can fetch better price during Dashain and Tihar (Dipawali) festivals. It requires less chilling hours and does not have hairs on the fruit skin. Fruits are small in Size (39.3±9.6g). It can be stored in room temperature for about one month.

2. Bruno (Actinidia delisiosa): This is a green fleshed variety with oblong shape and medium sized (63.9±12.4g). It can be stored for about 3 months in room temperature. It matures in the 2nd week of Kartik. This variety is earliest in maturity among green fleshed varieties. Fruits have brown hairs on the skin.

3. Hayward (rounded): It has big sized fruits (81.4±22.1g) nearly round in shape. It matures from 4th Kartik and can be stored about 3 months in room temperatures. Because of its roundish shape and bigger sized fruits, this variety can fetch better price than the oblong type varieties.

4. Hayward (oblong): It is different to Hayward round because it has obling shaped fruits. Other fruit characters are more or less similar to Hayward round type.