Here are some notes and photos from pomegranate tasting at Wolfskill Experimental Orchard (Winters, CA, Nov-05-2016). A total of 18 pomegranate cultivars have been presented for tasting, divided into three groups:
Sweet
Sin Pepe (DPUN 82)
Sumbarskii (DPUN 132)
Utah Sweet (DPUN 164)
Sogdiana (DPUN 143)
Kolobok (DPUN 119)
Al-Sirin-Nar (DPUN 60).
Sour-Sweet
Parfianka (DPUN 15)
Gissarskii Rozovyi (DPUN 107)
Desertnyi (DPUN 108)
Vkusnyi (DPUN 17)
Myagkosemyannyi Rozovyi (DPUN 139)
Salavatski (DPUN 62)
Sour
Pamyati Rozanova (DPUN 113)
Phoenicia (DPUN 55)
Molla Nepes (DPUN 14)
Agat (DPUN 105)
Wonderful (DPUN 37)
Haku-Botan (DPUN 7)
My favorites based on flavor (including sweet-sour balance), flesh-to-seed ratio in arils, and seed softness (by type, in no particular order):
Sweet: Utah Sweet, Sogdiana, Kolobok
Sour-Sweet: Parfianka, Gissarskii Rozovyi, Desertnyi, Vkusnyi
Sour: Pamyati Rozanova
My top three favorites: 1. Vkusnyi, 2. Desertnyi, 3. Parfianka.
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