New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Morphology of nine pistillate and three staminate New Zealand clones of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C. F. Liang et A. R. Ferguson var. deliciosa)

ZHANG JIE

Beijing Botanical Gardens
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
Beijing, People's Republic of China

T. G. THORP

Division of Horticulture and Processing
DSIR, Private Bag, Auckland
New Zealand

Abstract A detailed morphological description of each of nine pistillate and three staminate New Zealand clones of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa var. deliciosa) is provided. Clones described include: 'Abbott', 'Allison', 'Bruno', 'Constricted', 'Elm- wood', 'Grade', 'Hayward', 'Jones', 'Monty' (pis- tillate types), and 'Matua', Tomuri', 'Bl' (staminate types). Most clones can be identified by using flower and fruit characters. The lack of significant differ- ences between some clones ('Abbott' and 'Allison'; 'Grade' and 'Jones') suggests that these types may have been propagated from the same parent vines. They should be united under the first chosen names, 'Allison' and 'Grade' respectively.

Keywords morphology; Actinidia deliciosa var. deliciosa; New Zealand; kiwifruit cultivars

Received 19 August 1985; accepted 28 April 1986
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1986, Vol. 24: 589-613
0028-825X/86/2404-0589$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1986

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