Chico
Variety of Kiwi · Actinidia deliciosa
Californian Hayward selection — practically identical to the world-standard cultivar.
Also known as: Chico Hayward
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3🇺🇸 USA 1960
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromaticrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Hayward-Selektion (Kalifornien)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 100 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, broad-oval fruit (~100 g) with brown hairy skin and bright green flesh, like Hayward.
Growth
Female cultivar, needs a male pollinator. Late-flowering and late-ripening.
Yield
Like Hayward, large fruit and excellent storage.
Notes
Common US trade name for Hayward; usually treated as a synonym.
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