Auburn University

Yingchun Jiang

Curtis J Hansen

Jim Pitts

Floyd M Woods

James D Spiers

Bryan Shelton Wilkins

William Alfred Dozier, Jr

Aichun Xu

Xia Gu

Qinghong Chen

Zhongqi Qin

A new and distinct cultivar of the speciesPlanch is described. 'AU Golden Dragon' has a low chilling requirement, fruit is very early maturing, excellent flavor with a non acid sweet taste, and high soluble solids and dry matter content. 'AU Golden Dragon' matures about 50 days ahead of 'Hort 16A' (patented), the industry standard for golden flesh kiwi, therefore, the two cultivars will not compete in the market place. &#x2018;AU Golden Dragon&#x2019; fruit quality indices are similar to fruit quality indices of &#x2018;Hort 16A&#x2019; (patented). There have been no differences in plant performance and fruit quality of &#x2018;AU Golden Dragon&#x2019; plants grown in China and Central Alabama.

Kiwi plant named 'AU Golden Dragon'

A new and distinct cultivar of the speciesPlanch is described. 'AU Golden Sunshine' has a low chilling requirement, fruit is early maturing, excellent flavor with a non acid sweet taste and a high percent solube solids and dry matter content. 'AU Golden Sunshine' matures about 20 days after 'AU Golden Dragon' and 30 days before &#x2018;Hort 16A&#x2019; (patented), the industry standard for golden flesh kiwi cultivars. &#x2018;Au Golden Sunshine&#x2019; fruit quality indices are similar to fruit quality indices of &#x2018;AU Golden Dragon&#x2019; and &#x2018;Hort 16A&#x2019; (patented). There have been no differences in plant performance and fruit quality of &#x2018;AU Golden Sunshine&#x2019; plants grown in China and Alabama.

Kiwi plant named 'AU Golden Sunshine'

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Wuhan, China

Yingchun Jiang