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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:49:10 -0600

Jim, what has been your experience growing A. kolomikta at Pequot Lakes?  Do you have any comparative data or observations on the various cultivars? -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Zone 4b)
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Jim F
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:30 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Hardiest Kiwi

    Alot of gardening mail-order catalogs list Actinidia arguta as the "hardy kiwi".  It can only handle -25° F before it winterkills.  There is another kiwi that is hardier, Actinidia kolomitka that can take -50° F.  It tastes identical to the brown fuzzys, is only 30%  smaller than A. arguta, produces less invasive vines than its cousins and it ripens in August. 
    I bought my A. kolomitka from Oregon Exotics but I have seen it in (a few) other catalogs.
 
Jim Fruth
Pequot Lakes, MN
Zone 3

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