Bruno

Bruno is an early-season female kiwi with distinctive long, cylindrical, densely hairy fruit and a heavy, reliable crop, widely grown across the Indian hills. Its shape sets it apart from the oval Hayward, and its early maturity and dependable yield make it a popular commercial choice, especially in a mixed planting to spread the harvest. It is grown on the same lines as the other female varieties — strong trellis, good drainage, winter chill — and needs a compatible male pollinator flowering with it for fruit set.

Plant typeGrafted vine (female)
MaturityFemale; early season; first commercial crop ~4–5 years
Yield potentialHigh; long cylindrical fruit
Disease resistanceNo special resistance widely documented
SoilLoam
SeasonAll seasons

• Spacing4–5 m between vines; one male per 5–8 females

Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.

• Himachal Pradesh
• Uttarakhand
• Sikkim
• Nagaland

• Hayward

  The world's leading commercial kiwi and the benchmark female variety in India — large, oval, well-flavoured fruit with the firmest flesh at harvest and the best keeping quality. Later-maturing; needs a compatible male pollinator (such as Tomuri).

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• Allison

  An early-to-mid-season female variety valued for heavy, reliable cropping and good fruit size, often the top yielder in Indian hill trials. Suits slightly lower, warmer kiwi sites than Hayward.

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• Abbott

  An early female variety with medium, fragrant fruit, among the earliest to flower and fruit — which can make it more exposed to late spring frost. A good early-season option where the frost risk is managed.

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• Monty

  A late-season female variety with medium fruit and heavy cropping, extending the harvest window at the late end of the season — useful in a mixed planting to spread harvest and marketing over a longer period.

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• Tomuri (male pollinator)

  A male pollinator variety that does not itself fruit but supplies pollen, timed to flower with the late female varieties such as Hayward. One male is planted for every 5–8 female vines — without it, the females set almost no fruit.

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