The skin of a kiwi will look the same—brown, rough and fuzzy—regardless of whether or not it’s ripe. That said, before picking a piece of fruit, you should inspect the surface to make sure the skin ...

Learn the best way to ripen these cute fruits and where to keep them before and after. You can store whole kiwis, both ripe or unripe, but each has its own method. When refrigerating whole kiwis, skip ...

Q: Thanks to The People’s Pharmacy, I have had wonderful luck with kiwi fruit to treat canker sores. I peel and slice a ripe kiwi, then hold each slice against the sore(s) with my tongue for a minute ...

Q: I have male and female kiwi vines and there’s a lot of fruit! How long does it take for them to ripen? -- J.R. Klimach, email A. The kiwi fruit you see in a grocery reach almost full size in August ...

Kiwis are the quintessential fall and early-winter fruit. Right now, in December, they are finishing their season and are ready for their final ripening, when the hard fruits soften and become sweeter ...

Nothing beats the flavor of home grown fruit picked right off the tree in your own yard. For great flavor, however, it's important to harvest fruit at the right time. Some fruit must ripen on the tree ...

For the shopper in a hurry, they seem a godsend - ranges of avocados, kiwis, peaches, nectarines and other fruit that come with a promise they're perfectly ripe to eat. But there's a downside, since ...

Nutrition: One (3-inch long) kiwifruit contains 42 calories; 1 cup chopped kiwifruit has 102 calories. One kiwifruit supplies a full adult daily allowance of vitamin C; that’s more per ounce than ...

You can store whole kiwis, both ripe or unripe, but each has its own method. When refrigerating whole kiwis, skip the crisper drawer. Cut kiwi can be stored in the refrigerator or the freezer. It's ...