Picture of the Day: Kiwis

Tempting to pick, but these kiwis are not ripe

On our walk the other day we took a different street in the neighbourhood and discovered a house with a kiwi vine! In Vancouver!

Hiding under large green leaves are these small fuzzy brown oval balls, but they didn't look ripe.

A bit of research online confirmed of at least one other kiwi vine growing in Marina Square, a municipal park next to Bayshore Marina.

When a reporter asked the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation about the kiwis, the spokesperson responded they weren't sure when the fruit was planted there, though the park was created around 1997.

While the vine bears fruit every year, picking and eating the kiwi is "not recommended", because "we do not have a long enough season for the fruit to ripen," said the spokesperson.

I imagine the same would apply to the vine we saw, as it had lots of fruit, but no takers.

Nevertheless who'd have thought kiwis could grow in Vancouver!