What about Valentine pomelo?
Having two trees that have fruits on for the first time. By transporting I knock of a couple of, one still green, the other was already yellow. Eat the green one first which was pretty good surprising, already sweet and very juicy, the green one was even better. I notice a bit of a mandarin taste. Have a few more to test in a few weeks more. So is it a keeper? Yes! Will be tasting a Thong Dee again, so far it is a goner.
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Amy (montreal, canada)
4 years agoMonyet
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoRelated Discussions
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoMade another big mistake. I just tasted another pomelo, Thong Dee, made a premature observation of this variety. The one I tried was too young. Picked 3 today, tried the medium size, it was crazy good, has some seeds, pretty sweet and unique taste.
Glad I have this also, keeper, keeper! There you have it.
If you know more about these varieties,Google , fruitmentor!
The inside is bigger than a grapefruit. Mandarin a large Yosemite variety looks very small.
poncirusguy6b452xx
4 years ago
sunshine (zone 6a, Ontario,Canada)
4 years agoMonyet
4 years ago
Laura LaRosa (7b)
4 years agoMonyet
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoLaura, it’s your turn now, I got 4 more varieties to try. It looks like December for me to run out of citrus.
Laura, got a picture of a another Valentine that is bigger yet,grow it just for looks, it looks kind of strange. Big fruit on a little tree.
Brian, it’s your turn to, you got to berate us with your citrus fruits a bit, Amy and Sunshine like to know why they have to wait so long.
Laura LaRosa (7b)
4 years agoMonyet
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoLaura, the leaves that you see might not be from the valentine, the tree is so close to that tree. I can send you a close up picture.
This picture shows some pomelo leaves.
Laura LaRosa (7b)
4 years ago
Amy (montreal, canada)