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Although New Zealand sells quite a lot of kiwifruit to other countries every year, kiwi did not always grow in New Zealand.

In 1904, Mary Isabel Fraser returned home from China where she visited her sister. 1． A local nurseryman (苗圃主人), Alexander Allison, planted them. He took care of the plants for four years, before they finally fruited in 1910.

People thought they tasted like gooseberry (鹅莓). 2．

Other people started growing them. By 1920s, Chinese gooseberry plants were available at several nurseries (苗圃). They caught the eye of horticulturists (园艺家).

One horticulturist, Hayward Wright, chose plants from the first seeds. They produced large fruit with excellent flavour (味道), so he grew more plants. In 1956, they were named after him. 3．

Kiwifruit was sold to the United Kingdom and Australia in 1952 and 1953, and Chinese gooseberries grew increasingly popular abroad. People gradually began to notice this fruit and became fascinated. You are right. It’s time for people to pick a local name for this gooseberry.

The name “melonettes” was suggested but was not accepted. 4． He thought the fruit looked like New Zealand’s national kiwi bird, which has a rounded body covered with fuzzy (有绒毛的) brown feathers. The name was accepted. It is still called kiwifruit, although some countries shorten it to kiwi.