New Zealand natives in S.F.
Understandable, but although it was popularized by New Zealand growers and named for the national bird, the vine with fuzzy brown fruit originated in China and was known as Chinese gooseberry until its rebranding in the 1950s. Hard-core Tolkien fans might know that the trees the Ents herded in Fangorn Forest in the film version of "Lord of the Rings" were red and silver nothofagus "beeches," endemic to New Zealand. According to Elizabeth McClintock's "The Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco,"... Читать дальше...