Identikit and main features
The actinidia of Cuneo, commonly known as kiwi fruit, belong to the Hayward variety. The fruit is a big ellipsoidal berry, its peel is very hairy and brownish. The colour of the inner part is a bright green and presents numerous seminal cavities inside which there are small black seeds which rounded a white core. It is produced between October and November.
Area of production
Plan and bottom-valleys areas of the Cuneo province.
History
The Actinidia was introduced for the first time in the Cuneo province in 1974, when about 1.900 plants were planted in three farms in Verzuolo. In the following years it spread in the current areas.
