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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

A year ago, in Qatar (in the Persian Gulf, excuse me, Arabian Gulf) I saw a small, expensive berry-box of red arguta kiwis that had been grown in the USA. I bought some local dates instead.

Anyway, that box tells me that American farmers are attempting to market these too. I look forward to them becoming reasonably priced, although maybe my own vines will finally be producing by then.

Melissa
zone 5
looking sadly at all the huge green strawberries on my plants

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:41 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Big plans for France 's mini-kiwifruit (arguta)

 

08/11/2010Big plans for France's mini-kiwi fruit
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A tiny kiwi fruit with an edible green peel will be France 's latest fruit export, by the tonnes. LABATUT -- It's smaller than a kumquat -- about the size of ...
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