Commercial Varieties of Kiwi

Name of Variety	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
Abbot	Early blooming and maturity. Purely pistillate cultivar. Medium fruits (45–60 g), oblong, sweet, slightly tapering at distal end with hairy skin.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand
Allison	Both male and female organs present. Good pollinizer. Fruits larger than Abbot (~70 g), slightly tapering at both ends. Profuse bearer.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Uttarakhand
Bruno	Purely pistillate cultivar. Medium fruits (45–60 g), tapering towards stem end. Good bearing with low chilling requirement.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand
Hayward	Purely pistillate cultivar. Large fruits (38–120 g), superior flavour and excellent keeping quality.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya
Monty	Late flowering but short maturity. Purely pistillate. Medium fruits (40–65 g), oblong, slightly tapering and flat at ends. Prolific bearer.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand
Tomuri	Staminate cultivar, excellent pollinizer. Flowers appear in groups, bold and healthy.	Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram