"Cultivation spread from China in the early 20th century when seeds were introduced to New Zealand by Isabel Fraser, the principal of Wanganui Girls' College, who had been visiting mission schools in China. The seeds were planted in 1906 by a Wanganui nurseryman, Alexander Allison, with the vines first fruiting in 1910. People who tasted the fruit thought it had a gooseberry flavour, so began to call it the Chinese gooseberry, but being from the genus ""Actinidia"", it is not related to the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae. The familiar cultivar ""Actinidia deliciosa"" 'Hayward' was developed by Hayward Wright in Avondale, New"
"Kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often abbreviated as kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ""Actinidia"". The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit ('Hayward') is oval, about the size of a large hen's egg ( in length and in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull greenish-brown skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture with a sweet and unique flavour. China produced 56% of the world total of kiwifruit in 2016. The word ""kiwifruit"" and the shortened ""kiwi"" have been used"
"Goji Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry, is the fruit of either ""Lycium barbarum"" or ""Lycium chinense"", two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Both species are native to Asia, and have been long used in traditional Asian cuisine. The fruits are similar but can be distinguished by small but significant differences in taste, sugar content, and content of the aminoacid betaine. The fruit has also been an ingredient in traditional Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese medicine, since at least the 3rd century CE. The plant parts are called by the Latin names lycii fructus (fruit), herba"
"Gooseberry The gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)), with scientific names Ribes uva-crispa (and syn. Ribes grossularia), is a species of ""Ribes"" (which also includes the currants). It is native to Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa. The species is also sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis. Its native distribution is unclear, since it may have escaped from cultivation and become naturalized. For example, in Britain, some sources consider it to be a native, others to be an"
"succulent center from which radiate many fine, pale lines. The flavor is subacid to quite acid; the flavor is suggested to be similar to that of the gooseberry or strawberry. The two botanical varieties are: ""Zhong hua"" (Chinese gooseberry), ""jing li"" (northern pear gooseberry), ""ruan zao"" (soft date gooseberry), and ""mao hua"" (may be tight- or loose-haired) are the four main cultivars of this species in China. 'Abbott', 'Allison', 'Bruno', 'Hayward', Monty ('Montgomery'), and 'Greensill' are the most significant cultivars in New Zealand. In 1847, specimens of the plant were collected by the agent for the Royal Horticultural Society, London."
"can be an allergen for some individuals, including children. The most common symptoms are unpleasant itching and soreness of the mouth, with wheezing as the most common severe symptom; anaphylaxis may occur. Kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often abbreviated as kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ""Actinidia"". The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit ('Hayward') is oval, about the size of a large hen's egg ( in length and in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull greenish-brown skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The"
"Myrica rubra Myrica rubra, also called yangmei (; Cantonese: yeung4 mui4; Shanghainese: ), , Chinese bayberry, Japanese bayberry, red bayberry, yumberry, waxberry, or Chinese strawberry (and often mistranslated from Chinese as arbutus) is a subtropical tree grown for its sweet, crimson to dark purple-red, fruit. It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree growing up to high, with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants. It tolerates poor acidic soils. The root system is deep, with no obvious taproot. The fruit is spherical, in diameter, with a knobby"
"used to flavour beverages such as sodas, flavoured waters, or milk, and can be made into fruit wines and teas. Gooseberries can be preserved in the form of jams, dried fruit, or as the primary or a secondary ingredient in pickling, or stored in sugar syrup. Gooseberry The gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)), with scientific names Ribes uva-crispa (and syn. Ribes grossularia), is a species of ""Ribes"" (which also includes the currants). It is native to Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa. The species is also sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Gooseberry"
"Actinidiaceae The Actinidiaceae are a small family of flowering plants commonly known as the Chinese gooseberry family. The family has three genera and about 360 species and is a member of the order Ericales. They are temperate and subtropical woody vines, shrubs, and trees, native to Asia (""Actinidia"" or kiwifruit, ""Clematoclethra"", and ""Saurauia"") and Central America and South America (""Saurauia"" only). ""Saurauia"", with its 300 species, is the largest genus in this family. Although now confined to Asia and tropical Central and South America, evidence indicates in the past the family had a wider distribution. The now extinct genus ""Parasaurauia"""
"flowers hanging pendent from the branches. Each flower has five reflexed red-purple sepals around a tube-shaped ring of smaller white or pinkish petals, the stamens and stigmas protruding. The fruit is a red or purple berry up to 2.5 centimeters long which is covered in thick, long spines. Among other currants and gooseberries with overlapping ranges, such as mountain gooseberry (""Ribes montigenum"") or wax currant (""Ribes cereum""), the sierra gooseberry is especially notable for the large size and extreme spininess of its berries, and for the absence of a noticeable dried flower remnant at the end of the fruit. Seeds"
"are produced, singly or in pairs, from the groups of rounded, deeply crenated 3 or 5 lobed leaves. The fruit are berries, smaller in wild gooseberries than the cultivated varieties, but often of good flavour; it is generally hairy, but in one variety, smooth constituting the ""R. uva-crispa"" of writers. The colour of the berries is usually green, but there are red (to purple), yellow, and white variants. (""Ribes hirtellum"" fruit can be green or dark purple to black.) Gooseberry growing was popular in the 19th century, as described in 1879: The gooseberry is indigenous to many parts of Europe"
"gooseberry, namely """" (""Jo"") and """" (""Sta""). Following German pronunciation of ""J"", it may be pronounced ""yostaberry"" in English. The first cultivar was made available to the public in 1977. A number of varieties have been developed since then by various developers. The nearly black berry, which is smaller than a gooseberry and a bit larger than a blackcurrant, is edible both raw and cooked. It is described as having a taste intermediate between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant, with the gooseberry flavor more dominant in the unripe fruit, and the blackcurrant notes developing as the fruit ripens. The ripe"
"production. MacLoughlin’s truck was commandeered for army use during the outbreak of war and as a result, he was forced to sell his property and enter into a shared cropping arrangement with another farmer. In 1955, MacLoughlin bought out his partner, purchasing his land back along with an additional 38 acres and planting it all to Chinese gooseberries. During the war around 550 cases of the fruit were marketed each season with the fruit proving popular with American servicemen in New Zealand. This provided the opportunity for the previously domestically-consumed fruit industry to expand by exporting to an international market."
"Lycium chinense Lycium chinense is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being ""Lycium barbarum"". Two varieties are recognized, ""L. chinense"" var. ""chinense"" and ""L. chinense"" var. ""potaninii"". It is grown in the south of China, while ""L. barbarum"" is grown in the north, primarily in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is also known as Chinese boxthorn, Chinese matrimony-vine, Chinese teaplant, Chinese wolfberry, wolfberry, and Chinese desert-thorn. Wolfberry species are deciduous woody perennial plants, growing 1–3 m high, somewhat shorter than ""L. barbarum"". The stems"
"it was planted in gardens at a comparatively early period. William Turner describes the gooseberry in his ""Herball"", written about the middle of the 16th century, and a few years later it is mentioned in one of Thomas Tusser's quaint rhymes as an ordinary object of garden culture. Improved varieties were probably first raised by the skilful gardeners of Holland, whose name for the fruit, ""Kruisbezie"", may have been corrupted into the present English vernacular word. Towards the end of the 18th century the gooseberry became a favourite object of cottage-horticulture, especially in Lancashire, where the working cotton-spinners raised numerous"
"the gooseberry, though it may possibly be alluded to in a vague passage of Pliny the Elder's ""Natural History""; the hot summers of Italy, in ancient times as at present, would be unfavourable to its cultivation. Although gooseberries are now abundant in Germany and France, it does not appear to have been much grown there in the Middle Ages, though the wild fruit was held in some esteem medicinally for the cooling properties of its acid juice in fevers; while the old English name, ""Fea-berry"", still surviving in some provincial dialects, indicates that it was similarly valued in Britain, where"
"and western Asia, growing naturally in alpine thickets and rocky woods in the lower country, from France eastward, well into the Himalayas and peninsular India. In Britain, it is often found in copses and hedgerows and about old ruins, but the gooseberry has been cultivated for so long that it is difficult to distinguish wild bushes from feral ones, or to determine where the gooseberry fits into the native flora of the island. Common as it is now on some of the lower slopes of the Alps of Piedmont and Savoy, it is uncertain whether the Romans were acquainted with"
"Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos, commonly known as the snowberry, waxberry, or ghostberry, is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. With the exception of the Chinese coralberry, ""S. sinensis"", which is indigenous to western China, all species are native to North and Central America. The name of the genus is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning ""to bear together"", and (), meaning ""fruit"". It refers to the closely packed clusters of berries the species produce. ""Symphoricarpos"" leaves are long, rounded, entire or with one or two lobes at the base. The flowers"
"for £5! Spurred on by this Jim planted ½ acre of Chinese gooseberries in 1937. During World War II, American serviceman in New Zealand were introduced to the Chinese gooseberry and enjoyed it so much that this spurred further plantings. In 1952 the first exports were made, and in 1959 the name “Kiwifruit” was introduced. Since then many more plantings have been made with Hayward (green) being the most popular. In 1998 “Zespri Gold” kiwifruit was introduced to the market and experiments are being carried out on new varieties including a peelable kiwifruit and ""kiwiberry"", a small bite-sized kiwifruit-like fruit."
"is one of those obtained by crossing ""R. uva-crispa"" with ""R. hirtellum"". Ribes hirtellum Ribes hirtellum is a North American species of gooseberry known by the common names American gooseberry, hairy-stem gooseberry, hairy gooseberry, and wedge-leaf gooseberry, native to Canada and to the northeastern and north-central United States. Cultivated gooseberries are derived from this species and from ""Ribes uva-crispa"". Whereas ""R. uva-crispa"" crops have been devastated by American gooseberry mildew, ""Podosphaera mors-uvae"" (syn: ""Sphaerotheca mors-uvae""), which was accidentally introduced to Europe, ""R. hirtellum"" is resistant. It is one of four American species that have been interbred with ""R. uva-crispa"" to"
"to four genera could be placed within the Actinidiaceae. Micromorphological characters have confirmed that ""Sladenia"" does not belong in the Actinidiaceae. Furthermore, biological characteristics of the cells, and molecular evidence have confirmed the three genera currently circumscribed in the Actinidiaceae, ""Clematoclethra"", ""Saurauia"", and ""Actinidia"", do indeed form a monophyletic group. Actinidiaceae The Actinidiaceae are a small family of flowering plants commonly known as the Chinese gooseberry family. The family has three genera and about 360 species and is a member of the order Ericales. They are temperate and subtropical woody vines, shrubs, and trees, native to Asia (""Actinidia"" or kiwifruit,"
"Ribes hirtellum Ribes hirtellum is a North American species of gooseberry known by the common names American gooseberry, hairy-stem gooseberry, hairy gooseberry, and wedge-leaf gooseberry, native to Canada and to the northeastern and north-central United States. Cultivated gooseberries are derived from this species and from ""Ribes uva-crispa"". Whereas ""R. uva-crispa"" crops have been devastated by American gooseberry mildew, ""Podosphaera mors-uvae"" (syn: ""Sphaerotheca mors-uvae""), which was accidentally introduced to Europe, ""R. hirtellum"" is resistant. It is one of four American species that have been interbred with ""R. uva-crispa"" to produce resistant cultivars similar to the original ""R. uva-crispa"" cultivars. Cultivar 'Houghton'"
"Berberis morrisonensis Berberis morrisonensis,commonly known as Yushan Barberry (Chinese:玉山小檗) or Red Fruit Baeberry (Chinese:红果小蘖、赤果小蘖) is perennial deciduous shrubs belonging to the genus Berberis and endemic to Taiwan. It is located in the high-altitude mountain area above 3,000 meters in Taiwan and is distributed in the Xueshan Range, Central Mountain Range, and Yushan Range. However, the Central Mountain Range still dominates. The deciduous shrubs distributed in the margins of high-altitude forests in Taiwan or in high-altitude forest borders belong to the neutral and slightly shade-loving species, which makes it the highest distributed species among the genus Berberis. It is a perennial"
"Boesenbergia rotunda Boesenbergia rotunda, commonly known as Chinese keys, fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the rhizome resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece. Fingerroot is a kind of ginger (Zingiberaceae). It is an annual crop and indigenous to southern Yunnan Province, China, to west Malaysia. Tropical rain forest is where this fingerroot grows. It has underground trunk, which is called rhizomes. Rhizomes underground branch goes out into many bunches same as ginger,"
"due to their use in a sauce for mackerel in old French cuisine. In Britain, gooseberries may informally be called ""goosegogs"". The specific epithet ""uva-crispa"" literally means ""curved grape"". ""Gooseberry bush"" was 19th-century slang for pubic hair, and from this comes the saying that babies are ""born under a gooseberry bush"". The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height and width, the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots. The bell-shaped flowers"
"glandular hairs. Flowers are greenish-white, and the bristly fruits white to greenish and pleasant-tasting. Ribes cynosbati Ribes cynosbati is a North American species of shrubs in the currant family. It is native to eastern and central United States and Canada, with several common names including prickly gooseberry, eastern prickly gooseberry, dogberry, dog bramble, and ""groseillier des chiens"" (in Québec). It grows in rich forests, rocky slopes, and open heaths from New Brunswick south along the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama and west as far as Manitoba, the Dakotas and Oklahoma. ""Ribes cynosbati"" attains a height of up to 150 cm"
"pendent from the branches. The flower has five sepals in shades of deep red or green with a red tinge, which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pinkish petals around five stamens and two longer styles. The fruit is an edible red berry about a centimeter wide which is covered in stiff spines. Ribes californicum Ribes californicum, with the common name hillside gooseberry, is a North American species of currant. It is endemic to California, where it can be found throughout many of the California Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular Ranges in local habitat"
"so targeted to help individuals with erectile dysfunction or decreased male libido. Boesenbergia rotunda Boesenbergia rotunda, commonly known as Chinese keys, fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger, is a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia. In English, the root has traditionally been called fingerroot, because the shape of the rhizome resembles that of fingers growing out of a center piece. Fingerroot is a kind of ginger (Zingiberaceae). It is an annual crop and indigenous to southern Yunnan Province, China, to west Malaysia. Tropical rain forest is where this fingerroot grows. It has underground trunk, which is called"
"When ripe, they become sweet and pulpy, like gooseberries, although their rind is not very thick. This resemblance induced us to call the tree 'the little gooseberry'tree"" quoted from Leichhardt: Overland journey to Port Essington, p. 479. Buchanania arborescens Buchanania arborescens, commonly known as little gooseberry tree or sparrow's mango, is a small and slender tree native to monsoon forests of northern Australia, south-east Asia, and the Solomon Islands. The leaves are spirally arranged, smooth, leathery, elongated oblong, 5–26 cm long. The flowers are very small cream to yellowish white. The edible fruit are globular, small (1 cm long), reddish"
"for its decorative white fruit and wildlife gardening. It is also a useful landscaping plant due to its extreme versatility—tolerating sun, shade, heat, cold, drought, and inundation. Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos, commonly known as the snowberry, waxberry, or ghostberry, is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. With the exception of the Chinese coralberry, ""S. sinensis"", which is indigenous to western China, all species are native to North and Central America. The name of the genus is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning ""to bear together"", and (), meaning ""fruit"". It refers"
"inches) long and are divided into a few lobes which are toothed or lobed at their tips. The inflorescence is a raceme of 2 or 3 small flowers. Each flower has five reflexed yellow sepals around a tube-shaped ring of smaller cream-colored petals. The fruit is an spherical, edible black berry just under a centimeter (0.4 inch) in diameter. Ribes quercetorum Ribes quercetorum is a species of currant known by the common names rock gooseberry, oak gooseberry and oakwoods gooseberry. It is native to the mountains and hills of California from the San Francisco Bay Area south into Baja California"
"three to five toothed lobes which may be divided partway into smaller lobes. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to five flowers which hangs pendent. The flower has five reddish green sepals which are reflexed upward. At the center are white or pinkish petals and protruding stamens and stigmas. The fruit is an edible hairless greenish, purple, or black berry roughly a centimeter (0.4 inch) wide. Ribes inerme Ribes inerme is a species of currant known by the common names whitestem gooseberry and white stemmed gooseberry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia"
"(FSA) had initially placed goji berry in the Novel Foods list. That classification would have required authorisation from the European Council and Parliament for marketing. However, on June 18, 2007, the FSA concluded that there was a significant history of consumption of the fruit before 1997, indicating its safety, and thus removed it from the list. In the first decade of the 21st century, farmers in Canada and the United States began cultivating goji on a commercial scale to meet potential markets for fresh berries, juice, and processed products. Goji Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry, is the fruit of either"