I remember seeing feijoas for sale in a supermarket in the US back in 1991 for $US1.99 a kilo, which I thought was outrageous. I said to the store person, "we run those over with the lawn mower at home."
I still like eating them though. If you know someone with a tree, you have an endless supply. I couldn't imagine buying them. Todd. On Thursday 20 Apr 2006 03:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yup, and back further in time Kiwifruit is the name for a particular > breed (developed in NZ I assume) of Chinese gooseberries. They will > probably call the next one Zespri XP or Zespri 2010 or something of that > nature ;-) > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Conor Boyd > > Yeah, > > My understanding is that Zespri is the "brandname" (or maybe even the > varietal name?) of the newer (and locally bred) golden kiwifruit. > > I think Zespri as a name was dreamed up so that the marketers would have > a lot more control over the brand internationally than they did with the > "standard" kiwifruit. Would be more identifiable with NZ, less chance > of consumers getting confused with "inferior" overseas-produced > kiwifruit, etc. > > Well, that's my vague understanding anyways. > > Cheers, > > C. > > CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including any attachments) may contain > confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorised > disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this email in error, > please notify the sender and delete this email from your system. > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
