Oh oops, well it's not too late to change my order. I ordered it from
raintree, who surpisingly weren't able to answer questions about fruit
quality but said it was cultivated for the fruit , not as a landscape plant.
I'm surprised Raintree nursery promotes it the way they do.
(but then again the catalog also says akebia fruit makes nice jelly, which
would be a project).
I'll have to see if I can find a geraldi dwarf, thanks for the lead!