Technical Abstract: UC Davis is releasing two relatively hairless kiwifruit (Actnidia chinensis) cultivars, ‘Eldorado’ and ‘Nugget’, and an early blooming male pollinizer, ‘Early Bird’. The ‘Eldorado’ bears one to two fruits on the basal nodes similar to ‘Hayward’; ‘Nugget’ bears clusters of cordate fruits on basal nodes. Both cultivars mature in late summer. In October 2007, the average fruit weights of ‘Eldorado’ and ‘Nugget’ were 106 and 60 g, respectively. When harvested, both ‘Eldorado’ and ‘Nugget’ have short felt-like trichomes that wind along the fruit surface. Fruits of both cultivars are very susceptible to leaf scarring and sunburning. ‘Eldorado’ and ‘Nugget’ tend to bloom about 7-10 days earlier than the commercial A. deliciosa male pollinizers. Hence, to assure a good set of marketable fruit, they should be planted adjacent to an early blooming male vine, e.g ‘Early Bird’ (tested as Selection 5-23), which bloom concurrently with the two new releases. Cropping has been quite heavy on ‘Eldorado’ and ‘Nugget’, but replicated field tests, postharvest evaluations, and consumer acceptance trials are needed to establish the commercial potential of these new cultivars. These cultivars are available through the National Clonal Germplasm Repository, c/o of the University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA. 95616.