Female, green-skinned, green-fleshed Actinidia arguta × A. melanandra hybrid becoming partly purple-red on ripening. Origin: Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Auckland, by M.A. McNeilage, R.A. Beatson, and E.A. MacRae. AAME01_01 × AAME01_05; crossed 1987 by M.A. McNeilage; tested as E4I6; selected 1998. USPP 14,625; 23 Mar. 2004. Tree: Fruit: infructescences generally 3 fruit; small, length 37.4 mm, greater diameter 22.4 mm, 16.4 g; oblong; shoulders round; stylar end pointed, strongly protruding; cross section elliptical; skin edible, glossy green (RHS 140A-143B), becoming dull when ripe and red-purple (RHS 59A) from stalk end down; smooth, hairs absent; outer pericarp remaining green (RHS 137A-143A) on ripening, inner pericarp locules purple-red (59A), core yellow-green (RHS 150D) to green-white (RHS 157B); sweet, 12.4º Brix at eating ripeness; dry matter ~18.6%; aromatic; stores 3-5 weeks at 0 ºC; matures February in Te Puke, New Zealand.
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