if anyone is up for a laugh they should google Kiwi feijoa - there was one for sale in New Zealand a few weeks ago - and it looked just like a Kiwi - went for I think $1000 at auction.
They are also sometimes called a Pineapple Guava. I have a whole hedge of them but I only planted them this year so didn't get any fruit. They are really really good for you Bath - their antioxidant levels are about the same as blueberries.
Also - the cook and the chef have a recipe for a Feijoa tart - it looks devine.
Now who would have thought that I knew so much about a fruit that most people had never heard of! [Muppity goes off to trawl through her head of useless knowledge to try and remember where she left the house keys]
It's a feijoa We had a wonderful tree of them at the last flat we lived at. I love to eat them as they are, juiced, or as an apple and feijoa crumble or fruit sponge.
They are ripe once they fall on the ground...so no need to pick them from the tree.
For bigger fruit they just require more water...probably not an easy thing to get in Australia at times!
Thankyou everyone!!!! Yes, after Googling I agree: they are feijoa! And now I can't wait until next crop! I only tried a few... about half a dozen this season... because I wasn't even sure I should be eating them LOL But they were just too yummy to resist! $2.99 a kilo!!! LOL I AM lucky! So, once again my beloved BB girls come to the rescue and have solved a mystery! Thanks again to all!
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We had a wonderful tree of them at the last flat we lived at. I love to eat them as they are, juiced, or as an apple and feijoa crumble or fruit sponge.
Yes, after Googling I agree: they are feijoa! And now I can't wait until next crop! I only tried a few... about half a dozen this season... because I wasn't even sure I should be eating them LOL But they were just too yummy to resist! $2.99 a kilo!!! LOL I AM lucky! So, once again my beloved BB girls come to the rescue and have solved a mystery! Thanks again to all! 
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