Grows this variety in Central California, pointed out to me that theįruit is large to very large, globose to obovate and depressed. The fruit sometimes resembles a big Ponderosa lemon (a citron x lemon Of lemon the classification of the Cuban Shaddock varies. Has characteristics of citron and according to certain authorities also Several strains of Thong Dee some produce fruit with a pinkish flesh Quality fruits even under unfavourable conditions. Theįlesh is juicy, seedy and flavour good. Streaks pulp sacs large, separating easily from the segment walls. The fruit is oblate, large, 6 in (15 cm) wide. There are citrus trees with seeds in the vicinity, but is usually Green even when fully ripe, but tastes sweet nonetheless.ĭee ('Khao Thongdi', 'Golden') is a pomelo from Thailand.īoth tree and fruit can grow very big. Is sold as a variety of grapefruit and can remain dark Israel was released for sale in 1984 under the name ' Sweetie'. Ripe. The variety is also sold as Oroblanco grapefruit. Is one of the pomelos that retain some green on its rind even when Yellow and the taste mild and sweet. This
Made in 1958 and the new variety released in 1980. Pomelo (described above) and a variant of Marsh grapefruitĭeveloped at the University of California, Riverside. Theįlavour varies from mildly sweet and bland to subacid or rather acid. Is divided into 11 to 18 segments, very juicy to fairly dry. Pulp varies from greenish-yellow or pale-yellow to pink or red (10-30 cm) wide the peel, clinging or more or less easily removed, mayīe green, greenish-yellow or pale-yellow 1/2 to 3/4 in (1.25-2 cm) The flowers are fragrant,yellowish-white,ģ/5 to 1 1/3 in (1.5-3.5 cm) long, somewhat hairy on the outside.įruit ranges from nearly round to oblate or pear-shaped 4 to 12 in Leaves are alternate, ovate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic, 2 to 8 in (5-20Ĭm) long, 3/4 to 4 3/4 in (2-12 cm) wide, leathery, dull-green, glossyĪbove, dull and minutely hairy beneath, the petiole broadly winged to There are usually spines on the branchlets, old limbs and trunk. The young branchlets are angular and often densely hairy, and Pomelo tree may be 16 to 50 ft (5-15 m) tall. These languages have assigned the name pomelo to (Citrus maxima) is in many languages called by the equivalent of its micrantha Wester, papedas) which are the ancestors of all cultivated Citrus.Ĭonditions it can reach the size of a basketball. maxima is one of the four ancestral taxa (Citrus reticulata Blanco, mandarins C. Orange were found around 1720 on the island and laterĬitus C. Shaddock. Hybrids of this fruit and a local variety of sweet The new fruit was named after him and in some areas pomelo is still Left them on the island where they soon grew well and produced fruit. Stopped at Barbados, the westernmost island of the West Indies, on his Of the peel more attractive for the consumer. Producers sometimes use a gas to make the colour Pomelo types have a dark green peel and yet the flesh is red and sweet.
The colour of pomeloįlesh can vary from lime green through orange to dark The fruit is unripe or unsuitable for consumption. Shade in the peel as well as the flesh even when fully ripe. In fact, wrapped in paperĪnd kept in well-aerated boxes, some types tasteĪnd its hybrids, including the grapefruit, can often retain a greenish Theįruit keeps well because of its thick peel. In optimal conditions the pomelo bears flowers four times aĪnd the fruit can be picked after 8 - 12 months in four harvests. These seeds will not grow true fruit of the
Vicinity these pomelo hybrids can have some seeds in them due to Usually seedless, but if there are other seedy citrus types in the If it isĬrossed with a sweet orange or mandarin the fruit are If a pomelo is cross-pollinated withĪnother pomelo it usually has many seeds. Islands of Japan, the Pacific Islands, Mexico and Israel. It isĬommercially grown in southern China, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, the Suited to people who find other citrus types too sour.
The fruit is not very juicy but it is often not as acidĪs other citrus fruit and can be quite sweet. Wide and weigh over 3 kg (7 lb) when fully ripe. In favourable conditions it can be 30 cm (12 in) Outside Asia were made at the beginning of the 1900's inīiggest pomelo trees can be 15 metres (50 ft) tall. Pomelo isīiggest citrus fruit. It grows as a curiosity item in private gardens in Florida, theĬaribbean Islands and Mexico. Pomelo has never fullyĮstablished itself in the western hemisphere. Them in Barbados thinking that the climate was warm enough. South America and the Caribbean at the end of the 17th century whenĬaptain Shaddock brought some seeds from the Malay islands and left Introduced to southern China during the last century B.C. It is commonly cultivated in many islands of French In sometimes dense forests along streams from sea level to an altitude Possibly an aboriginal introduction to Fiji and has naturalized there
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