Chinese gooseberry

Another coup was renaming the Chinese gooseberry to create a world kiwi industry.

It used to be the Chinese gooseberry.

Before that, its English name was Chinese gooseberry.

But the fruit is actually a Chinese gooseberry, meant to be eaten with a spoon much as we would a custard.

Spurred on by this Jim planted acre of Chinese gooseberries in 1937.

They were introduced as Chinese gooseberries in New Zealand in 1906.

The island nation's growers knew this delicious fruit would probably not have much appeal when sold as a Chinese gooseberry, so the name became kiwi.

In New Zealand it was originally called "Chinese gooseberry".

Actinidiaceae, or the Chinese Gooseberry family, is a small family of plants.

Gardeners of 100 years ago grew Actinidia as a curiosity and called it Chinese gooseberry.

Chinese gooseberry was initially grown in domestic gardens, but commercial planting began in the 1940s.

New Zealanders hijacked the Chinese gooseberry as their very own Kiwi fruit.

This fruit was discovered in New Zealand and originally known as the Chinese Gooseberries.

By 1940, MacLoughlin purchased more property for Chinese gooseberry production.

Kiwifruit, fruit associated with New Zealand, but not native to it, which is also known as the "Chinese Gooseberry"

From the kiwi fruit or Chinese gooseberry (Actinidia chinensis).

As the marketers of the kiwi fruit (that fuzzy item formerly known as the Chinese gooseberry) discovered to their profit, there is much in a name.

When New Zealanders decided to make the fruit one of their exports, merchants felt it would never sell if it was labeled a Chinese gooseberry.

The first commercial planting of Chinese gooseberries occurred in 1937 by the orchardist Jim MacLoughlin.

In 1955, MacLoughlin bought out his partner, purchasing his land back along with an additional 38 acres and planting it all to Chinese gooseberries.

His neighbour Vic Bayliss had two Chinese gooseberry plants and he had sold the fruit for £5!

In the beginning, the kiwi was known as the Chinese gooseberry, in tribute to its homeland, but it was produced primarily in New Zealand.

It was here that the "Hayward" cultivar of the Chinese gooseberry, later known as the kiwifruit, was developed by Hayward Wright.

It is not closely related to any of the cherry, Ribes gooseberry, Indian gooseberry, or Chinese gooseberry, as its various names might suggest.

During World War II, American serviceman in New Zealand were introduced to the Chinese gooseberry and enjoyed it so much that this spurred further plantings.