We live in the SF Bay Area, and our neighbor had what we thought was an enormous grapefruit tree--maybe 25 feet tall. The fruit had a yellow skin, but the segments were very pale, almost white, and almost crunchy, with large vesicles, so the sections separated easily from the pith.
Very nice texture for eating, more like peeling and eating a giant navel orange. I don't think you could eat it with a grapefruit spoon--too dry. The flavor was lovely: a little bitter, but not overtly sour although not very sweet either, and definitely not rich.
Alas, the neighbor cut down the tree and nobody in the current generation of the family liked grapefruit! I don't recall the peel being as thick as a pomelo, and I thought it might be an Oro Blanco. But I tried an Oro Blanco from the farmers market and the flesh was very different--darker and much juicier, sweeter, fine-grained vesicles, with a disappointing lack of acid. Clearly a totally different fruit. Any ideas? We are hoping to plant a new one of whatever it was, preferably a dwarf or semi-dwarf version.
Oh I love a good mystery! I started looking through one of my go-to resources to try and find it for you, but realized it might be best to share a couple links and have you sort through them as well. The University of California, Riverside, has a huge collection of varieties with pictures and descriptions.
Start with the white grapefruit category and then move on the hybrids. Looking through it, I'm wondering if it's the New Zealand Grapefruit , as the description says it has a courser texture with a good acidity and bitterness. If you do end up planting something, I'd love for you to drop me another comment after you get your first fruit you know, in a few years.
I also live in the Bay Area and have several fruit trees, but haven't tried planting a grapefruit tree yet. This grapefruit is light pink, poor taste, little flavor, not sweet, pale colored juice. Very little juice to squeeze out - less than an ounce.
Then your mouth becomes DRY. I've liked grapefruit since I was a kid I'm This store USED to sell nice quality, red grapefruit with excellent flavor, great taste, sweet, red juice.
More than an oz of juice after I squeezed that half onto a saucer! No more USDA eggs, etc. Poor quality foods across the board. I get so disappointed when fruit is missing their characteristic, old-time flavor.
I've been on a mission to find good strawberries as I haven't been impressed since I was a kid with a giant strawberry patch in Wisconsin! I finally found a grower who's breeding them for flavor and I got some plants, which should produce fruit this year.
But about grapefruit - I take it you've tried the grapefruit during their peak season, and it still is bland? Peak season is around January through March. I wonder if this is related to the diseases that have been taking out huge amounts of grapefruit trees over the past couple of years. Perhaps some of their efforts to combat it are hurting the flavor - but that's just a guess. Otherwise, try to broil the grapefruit, which caramelizes the sugars a little and releases some juices.
CSAs if you aren't familiar with that term are usually local farm-grown products from smaller farms. Some of them import from other states to be able to offer more of a variety, like Grapefruit, which is only grown in a handful of warmer states. Here's a website to search for CSA's near you but none of them grow grapefruit locally. Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Home » Seasonal Guides » Grapefruit In-season, ripe grapefruit often needs no added sugar, as they are sweeter than an orange. Types of grapefruit There are white, red, pink, and yellow varieties. Getting a super sweet grapefruit isn't just about picking the right variety, a few other things go into it as well: Fully tree-ripened: the longer they ripen on the tree, the sweeter they are and the larger they get.
Look for bigger grapefruit within the same variety for a better chance at a fruit that ripened longer on the tree. Late season: late season grapefruit are often sweeter because they were left longer on the tree. The Marsh White is the most prevalent cultivated variety in Florida. Find mature Marsh white grapefruit in Florida starting in October and continuing throughout June or sometimes later.
Keep freshly picked Marsh White grapefruit in the refrigerator for up to three weeks after purchase. Nearly all grapefruit in Florida can be harvested as early as September or October, but they may still appear green on the trees. Commercial growers spray green grapefruit ready to eat with a de-greening solution.
Although grapefruit are ready to pick in October, the fruit can stay on the tree for a few months. They'll grow in size and the skin takes on its characteristic hue over that time.
Once harvested, grapefruit last up to one week at room temperature and two or three weeks in a refrigerator. Andrea Lott Haney writes articles and training materials for food industry publications. Having studied foodservice sanitation, nutrition and menu planning at Purdue University, Lott Haney has more than 10 years of experience as a catering and event planner for luxury hotels and currently tours the Midwest as a corporate customer service trainer and consultant.
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