andrel's Journal: Strange and special fruit

The story of how Frieda Caplan created the world market for Chinese Gooseberry by renaming it Kiwifruit is famous. And trivia fans know that in Mainland China the fruit is called Monkey Peach.

But did you know that in Taiwan it is called Strange and Special Fruit?

(Name courtesy of Jean C, who reports that many fruits and vegetables have different names in Taiwan than on the mainland.)

Should be an Ella song --

[jsac]

Southern hemisphere trees bear strange and special fruit ...

Thanks for the pointer

[Sebbo]

Enjoyed the Inc piece.