Who among you grows white kiwi, also called hairy kiwi (Actinidia eriantha)?
I grafted a male and a female last year. It looks very promising. It also seems to survive the cold well.
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Obviously no one has any.
Maybe not, but I suspect several of us with interest in other kiwis will be delighted to see your progress and the temptation it affords.
Edit: The system auto-edited out that this was a response to @Arhus76’s comment that others seeemed not to have this fruit. It’s a short thread, so probably obvious, but it was still left unmoored which is not how I want my posts to be.
I’m growing many kiwis. But kiwibob is the kiwi king.kiwibob has eriantha. He has been growing them for atleast 30 years.
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New kiwi, probably an actinidia hybrid with large fruits weighing 130 grams.
Walter 2 variety, female flowers only.
The graft was made onto an Eriantha grafted in 2024 to maximize success.
The fruits pictured are from this variety.
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Following with great interest!
I find it interesting/amusing that White Kiwi has such pretty red flowers! 
It produces white branches and the fruits are often white too. I have grafted several varieties. I have the Jade variety for example which produces white cylindrical fruits. Like in this photo.
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A Russian friend just confirmed that the varieties I received are pure Eriantha, not hybrids. You’ll find the discussion with the link on my FB profile. You can learn more.
These are the latest Chinese selections. I just discovered they’re protected by a patent.
The fruits are 4 to 6 times larger than wild Eriantha.
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Here is Kiwibob’s flower. He sent this photo yesterday. He thinks they could be a variety of colors, light pink or salmon as you have.
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Alright, who reported my Dave Chappelle meme 
