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Kiwifruit varieties

Wide range of different kiwifruit varieties sliced.

Plant & Food Research has worked alongside the New Zealand kiwifruit industry for over 30 years breeding new varieties of kiwifruit from the genetic diversity housed in their germplasm collection. The most well known of these is 'Hort16A', known to the world as ZESPRI®GOLD Kiwifruit.

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