The Tropical Fruit Forum

Looks good. I can still get more Randi cuttings, she has not moved out yet.

Yup, this tree is in Lake Forest, the other larger tree my friend grows is in Fullerton and that tree is taller.

I'm going to the house again this weekend so I will have fresh cuttings for Monday shipment. Not shipping after Monday since they need to be fresh (2-3 day shipment).

Anyone who wants to buy it, send me a message before Monday. These cuttings don't keep that long without refrigerating them and I don't have space to put it there.

These are all grafted branches so too early to see how much they produce, etc. It would need to be 2-3 years after grafting.

Still have some cuttings, they are starting to bud out now. I better plant them this weekend.

Wow, what a deal, those grafted Redland look good.

I also noticed here in SoCal the Smathers grows well and fruits early and lots. My scions were from Sam.

ok, thanks. I didn't want to spend 2yrs after grafting it to find out it is average tasting. I got rid of all those varieties. I have been collecting citrus for over 30 yrs now and have about every single favorite tasting I need (except this Golden Pomelo), got the rest.

Nice, I only have one tree that shows any new buds growing like that.

I still have one grafted scion that is almost 2 years now, still no buds but the scion is green so I will leave it alone.

So Adam, can you tell me what color your Peluche flesh is ?  Is it orange, yellow or white flesh most of the time. I have many sources of your Peluche and everyone is orange or yellow colored flesh.

Kaz

I don't know either but it looks like a hybrid of a pomelo and mandarin as some mentioned above. The Cocktail grapefruit and Valentine fall into this category, not full grapefruit or full pomelo. The Cocktail (Mandalo) hybrid pomelo is a cross of a pomelo and mandarin. It has soft skin, easy to peel, this one reminds me of Cocktail but the Cocktail has some tartness that everyone notices, this Golden does not have any tartness to me. The Valentine pomelo hybrid is also a pomelo x mandarin [cross of ‘Siamese Sweet’ pummelo x ( ‘Ruby’ blood orange x 'Dancy' mandarin)]. It has easy to peel skin as well, and it has no sour/tart taste, but this Golden pomelo seems to taste sweeter to me. I should look to see if I have any brix reading data on the Valentine and Cocktail fruits since both of my trees are very old and large with lots of fruits (over now).

Robert, thanks for your taste test feedback. Yes, it is different than other Golden Grapefruit I have tasted. This one is called the Golden Pomelo but it must be some time of hybrid, too small for a pomelo and the individual fruit sack is not like a pomelo.

I agree with Peep, never use the scions with new flush, not a good idea. Only if it was a rare scion and you had no other to choose from.

I do both scions with growth buds bulging, or not, as long as it has leaf nodes (cut off leaves before use) then it will be fine for grafting.