‘HORT16A’ KIWIFRUIT: PROGRESS AND ISSUES WITH COMMERCIALISATION

‘Hort16A’ is a new proprietary yellow-fleshed (Actinidia chinensis) kiwifruit owned by HortResearch.
It is the only major kiwifruit cultivar other than the green-fleshed cultivar ‘Hayward’ (Actinidia deliciosa) to be traded internationally.
Various biological characteristics of the vine and the fruit have contributed to its rapid commercialisation. ‘Hort16A’ fruit have distinctive features of appearance and taste that are readily distinguishable from ‘Hayward’ fruit.
It is more productive than ‘Hayward’. The basic postharvest biology is similar to ‘Hayward’ but because of commercial harvest maturity requirements, more care and attention is needed during handling than for ‘Hayward’ because of the lower firmness and greater susceptibility to skin damage at the time of harvest. ‘Hort16A’ has an exciting future.

V International Symposium on Kiwifruit

K. Patterson, J. Burdon, N. Lallu

yellow flesh cultivar, vine and fruit production, postharvest biology

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.610.35