32.It is no surprise that many people love to eat the delicious and healthy kiwifruit(奇異果).But what may come as a surprise is the fact that the fruit that most of us associate with New Zealand actually comes from China. The Chinese have a long history of eating kiwifrujye.ai.It is even mentioned in the Book of Odes,a collection of poems more than 2,000 years old.It was not until 1847 that the kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry(獼猴桃),as it was first known by Westerners. Yet it is Westerners who made the fruit famous.New Zealanders were the first people to plant the kiwifruit commercially in 1934.They were also the ones to name it "kiwi",after New Zealand's national bird.From China,to New Zealand,to the rest of the world,the kiwifruit has become a truly international fruit.
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