Hey people,
I got this box of pomegranates this week and I can’t find what variety it’s supposed to be. The box and grower website give no clues. It’s a very soft seed, but could use some more acidity. Anyone seen these before?
Hey people,
I got this box of pomegranates this week and I can’t find what variety it’s supposed to be. The box and grower website give no clues. It’s a very soft seed, but could use some more acidity. Anyone seen these before?
More than likely the Wonderful pomegranate.
Tony
Somewhere online is an index to produce label codes. It often provides information about the source.
No, I’ve tasted Wonderful many times before. And it has more acidity and a harder seed. The grower also states that it’s a new variety…
"Though we have other, more common varieties of pomegranates in California, SweetHeart is a new variety that stands out. With its sweet, low acid flavor, and softer seeds it delivers a deliciously juicy and unique eating experience.
Grown fresh in beautiful California, our growers strive for pomegranate perfection. Taste the difference of a SweetHeart.
► Early Season Harvest
► Low-Acidity
► Uniquely Sweet"
Wonderful is primarily grown commercially for juice. Those sold in stores are surplus.
I’ve seen them. I can barely classify them as a pomegranate . . . At least not like anything I’d call a pomegranate. Seems the pom has gone the way of so many fruits . . . all sugar and no “character”.
What’s the point???
no.
definitely NOT a Wonderful. One of the sweet - (to me almost tasteless) - varieties. No ‘crunch’. No ‘punch’.
For me . . . . No ‘point’.
Ira Condit labeled such fruits “insipid”.
Yes, I was very disappointed. I had hoped that they were a trademark name of the good flavored soft seeded varieties like Angel Red or Parfianka.
Needs more acidity and/ or astringency to balance it out. I’m not sure who the intended market is for this.
The packing house must have offered them at a tempting price to Costco’s produce buyers.
I am so tired of buying fruit that looks good - and then is - as Richard said . . . ‘Insipid’.
That certainly is not what nature intended for the Pomegranate.
A similar thing has happened with melons. A few years ago Costco carried some small cantaloupe type melons that were fabulous! Now - they carry melons that look like those melons . . .
but are a waste of money.
Very disappointing.