The correlations among fifteen economical characters of 42 cultivars or Strains of Chinese gooseberry (belonging taxonomically to Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis and A. chinensis var. hispida) were analysed statistically using WPGMA. It is shown that there is significant positive correlation between fruit weight and fruit size, while the correlation between fruit weight and fruit quality is insignificant. The flavour of fruit becomes better when the flesh color turns from green through light green to yel...