'The feijoa was collected in southern Brazil
by a German explorer Freidrich Sellow in 1815.
It was named after Brazilian botanist, Joam da Silva Feijo.

Feijoas were introduced into New Zealand in the 1920`s.
New Zealand's ideal climate produced large fruit, and few pest enabled feijoa's to be grown organically.
The New Zealand season runs from late March to June.

The fruit has a very distinctive, aromatic flavour with
tropical overtones including pineapple and guava.
(in California, the fruit is known as "pineapple guava")'