Monty
Variety of Kiwi · Actinidia deliciosa
Extremely fertile, mid-late kiwi bearing many smaller fruit.
Also known as: Montgomery
🇳🇿 New Zealand 1920
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Neuseeländische Sämlingsselektion
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 60 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Smaller, oval-elongated fruit (~60 g) with hairy skin and green flesh.
Growth
Female cultivar, needs a male pollinator. Mid-late flowering and ripening.
Yield
Very high fruit count, tends to over-set; thinning recommended.
Notes
Displaced commercially by Hayward because of its small fruit size.
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