The Ukrainian land never stops to amaze with the variety of crops that can be grown on it. Even such an exotic fruit like kiwi can be grown on the Ukrainian plantations.
The second-generation breeder Henry Straton together with his father, also a biologist, Valentin Buceatchi-Straton in 1992 began a breeding work on breeding varieties of kiwifruit, which could be grown in the climatic conditions of Zakarpattya.