Matua
Variety of Kiwi · Actinidia deliciosa
Early to mid-flowering male pollinator with a long bloom period.
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3🇳🇿 New Zealand 1930
Profile
- Parentage
- Männliche Actinidia deliciosa Selektion
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Male cultivar with no usable fruit; very pollen-rich.
Growth
Vigorous male vine with a long, early bloom. Good partner for early cultivars.
Yield
No fruit yield; one male pollinates about 6–8 female vines.
Notes
Preferred pollinator for early-flowering cultivars such as Bruno, Abbott and Allison.
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