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Article: One Hundred Years 'Young,' and No Retirement in Sight; Put the Cane Away, ZESPRI New Zealand Kiwifruit's Here to Stay.
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- June 28, 2004
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NEW ZEALAND, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The year 1904 was a busy time: The ice cream cone first delighted children around the world. The Louisiana Purchase and control of the Panama Canal topped the day's political agenda. And, in New York City, midtown Manhattan changed its name to the now famous Times Square. In the midst of all these events, New Zealand kiwifruit, regarded as the most consistently delicious variety of the nutritious fruit, was born.
In 1904, a woman visiting China carried a handful of seeds back home to New Zealand, one of the best growing environments on earth. Those seeds grew into the world's most vibrant and successful kiwifruit industry, ...