The Tropical Fruit Forum

Our regional grocery store chain ( H-E-B) is selling an excellent pommelo marketed by Noble Citrus (Florida) as “Starburst”. 
It is excellent quality, very high brix, my wife’s favorite citrus.

Does anyone know the variety and if trees are  available for retail sale?

I went to a citrus tasting hosted by Texas Rare Fruit Growers before Christmas that had several pommelos including Valentine and Hirado Buntan.  None of the pommelos came close to Starburst.


Thanks,
Louis


https://noblecitrus.com/products/florida-starburst-pummelo/

“The Roe family discovered Florida Starburst The Roe family discovered Florida Starburst Pummelo over 25 years ago. We planted 5 trees...Then 5 acres... Then 100 acres. And we’re still increasing acreage based on demand each year.

Rind tastes like Meiwa Kumquat rind.

Flesh is very juicy, good balance of sugar and acid tending to be tart.
Very refreshing when it is hot.
Fruit does not segment, usually eaten as a whole fruit in bites or sliced in half.

Sunquat is an open pollinated cross between Satsuma and Kumquat.
It was found in Jamison’s PYO Citrus Orchard in Pearland Texas.


I was good friends with the guy who found it and grew it, Louis Walden of Brookside Village, Tx.
He recently passed away.

Sunquat fruit is slightly smaller than a tennis ball, rind is edible like a kumquat, fruit bears on ends of branches.

Unfortunately I didn’t cover my very large Sunquat in the Texas Feb 2021 freeze and it froze to the ground. It was a seedling and is coming back.

When you get caught up, I would like to purchase ten.

Thanks
Louis
Cedar Lane, Texas