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Monday, October 10, 2005

Happiness from a fruit stand

Posted by on October 10 at 11:30 AM

Yesterday’s Capitol Hill Farmers’ Market yielded something new and wonderful from a Port Townsend farm: grape-sized mini kiwis. The kiwi berries (AKA wee-ki, fuzzless kiwi, Yang-tao, hardy kiwi) grow on climbing vines and are sweeter and juicier than standard kiwis—imagine strawberry-flavored grapes. (They’re on my desk if you want to try one.)