<P> Early varieties were described in a 1904 nurseryman 's catalogue as having `` ... edible fruits the size of walnuts , and the flavour of ripe gooseberries '' , and Europeans called it Chinese gooseberry . In 1962 , New Zealand growers began calling it `` kiwifruit '' for export marketing , a name becoming commercially adopted in 1974 . The word kiwifruit and the shortened kiwi , have been used since around 1966 , when the fruit was first imported from New Zealand to the United States . Kiwifruit has since become a common name for all commercially grown fruit from the genus Actinidia . In New Zealand , the shortened word , `` kiwi '' , is seldom used to refer to the fruit , as it usually refers to the kiwi bird or the Kiwi people . </P>
<P> Early varieties were described in a 1904 nurseryman 's catalogue as having `` ... edible fruits the size of walnuts , and the flavour of ripe gooseberries '' , and Europeans called it Chinese gooseberry . In 1962 , New Zealand growers began calling it `` kiwifruit '' for export marketing , a name becoming commercially adopted in 1974 . The word kiwifruit and the shortened kiwi , have been used since around 1966 , when the fruit was first imported from New Zealand to the United States . Kiwifruit has since become a common name for all commercially grown fruit from the genus Actinidia . In New Zealand , the shortened word , `` kiwi '' , is seldom used to refer to the fruit , as it usually refers to the kiwi bird or the Kiwi people . </P>
what was named first the kiwi bird or fruit
what was named first the kiwi bird or fruit
the kiwi bird
the kiwi bird