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Jenny
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Jenny is a self-fertile fuzzy green kiwifruit popular with home gardeners who lack space for separate male vines. Fruit is smaller than commercial Hayward, with classic green sweet-tart flesh and fuzzy skin. Crop is reliable for backyard pergolas in suitable climates when summer heat and winter chill align. Perfect for garden-to-table slices and small batch jams. Not a volume export clone—buy plants or local fruit rather than expecting supermarket Jenny labels. Ripen harvested hard fruit indoors.
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History
Jenny was selected and spread as a self-fertile green kiwi for European gardens.
North American nurseries listed Jenny for single-vine home production.
Allotment and backyard growers relied on Jenny where males were impractical.
Jenny remained a standard self-fertile green recommendation in garden centres.