Category: Fruit history

The modern kiwifruit is a product of deliberate cultivation and selective breeding, transforming a small, less palatable wild vine from China into the popular fruit we know today. This process means the version of kiwis we enjoy is largely man-made.

Historically, wild bananas were packed with large, hard seeds, making them nearly inedible. This leads many to ask, "what are bananas with seeds called?". The answer lies in their wild ancestry and the botanical species from which modern, seedless varieties were domesticated.