Can anyone tell me about this kiwi?

My mom got a division (seedling?) from a friend, grew it for a few years, but it never flowered. I think she kept it cut back too much.  She got tired of it taking up room, so I dug it up and moved it to my place.   Not sure if it is a self fertile variety or not.  Also, not sure if the original owner had a second vine or not, but they did say they got small, good tasting fruit.  Any ideas on a variety?  I guess it is possible that the start could be a seedling, in which case I just watch and wait?

I have a few different kiwis, and they all look similar to yours. I can't tell any of mine apart, as they haven't fruited yet.

From my limited knowledge, most are not self fertile and require a male kiwi vine for pollination, since they generally have just male or female flowers on one vine, however there are a few self fertile varieties, and they seem to be less vigorous growers if I'm remembering correctly. If yours produces fruit on its own, that should make it a lot easier to narrow down the variety with it being self fertile.

That's a nice looking vine, hope you get some tasty fruit soon!

Steve

Having worked with kiwifruit in a research capacity, the plant you have is more likely to be Actinidia arguta (kiwiberry / hardy kiwi) rather than Actinidia chinensis (the green/gold kiwifruit you get in the shops).

As the poster above said, kiwifruit are dioecious -- male and female flowers are located on different plants. It is technically possible to sex the plant before flowering, but this involves molecular tests which may not be commercially available in your area. Easiest thing is to wait until it flowers. If it has a well-developed stylar brush, it's female, and you'll need a male plant (A. chinensis and A. arguta males both can pollinate A. arguta females). If the stylar brush is small and atrophied, it's a male and you'll need a female plant (best to get A. arguta female, as the male pollen from A. arguta isn't so good at pollinating A. chinensis). Nurseries claiming to sell self-compatible kiwifruit are often mistaken--hermaphrodites do exist, but as far as I am aware, none have become commercial varieties as they tend to produce small numbers of low quality fruit.

Your kiwiberry vine looks pretty happy--best of luck!