Kiwi harvest is ripe for global appeal China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-22 07:55 Share CLOSE Squatting in his orchard, Wang Manliang checks the plentiful green kiwi fruits on the branches and expertly picks off the bad ones. "The sunburned fruit often turns out to be unqualified even if it matures," says Wang, pointing to a long brown bar on the side of a kiwi fruit, which indicates an excessive amount of sunlight. "You cannot muddle through when it comes to the quality." Wang owns an orchard in Ningqu village, Meixian county in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The county is dubbed as "hometown to kiwi fruits" in China due to its long cultivation history that dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).