We have been picking pomegranates almost every day. One here . . . one there. We have over 20 trees and not all are bearing yet. It has been surprising to me just how different they taste. Hardness of ‘seeds’. Color of fruit. Guess it shouldn’t be a surprise - but when you’ve only had ‘Wonderful’ . . . it is!
My favorites so far are Grenada, Afganski and Hotuni Zigar. They are tart, but with quite a lot of sweetness as well. Very flavorful. Even when not completely ripe.
The so-called sweet ones - like Eversweet and Sogdiana are rather tasteless. Maybe it’s my climate . . . but I kinda doubt it. They just lack any ‘spark’. And like someone said on another thread - they are just sweet (and not very sweet at that) - and nothing else. I’ll give them another year and see if the taste might improve, especially since they now have irrigation. If they don’t - I may replace them - or just have less trees to care for. (not a bad idea!)
Or perhaps I will put an apple tree in their spot if it is at the back of the orchard and won’t shade the other poms.
Parfianka was disappointing. In CA it’s a HIT!
Our Phoenicia is the largest, fullest and healthiest of all the trees. But 2 puny fruits that are not yet ripe . . . so I can’t offer an opinion on them.
Agat had a fungal problem - but the one fruit that had some edible portions was quite good. It’s growth habit is naturally very dense and low. And that may make it more susceptible to disease.
Eversweet is a very unusual looking ‘specimen’! Pale yellowish pinkish in color.Not impressed so far, with its flavor. There are a few more still ripening - and maybe they will be an improvement on the early ones I pulled due to ‘rot’!
Wonderful is still working on ripening. The fruit on it is very small this year. And the Grenada right next to it has huge poms hanging from the branches. Who knows why? They got the same fertilizer - same watering. But, very different.
Nikitski Ranni’s fruit is gorgeous. But doesn’t taste as ‘good as it looks’.
Purple Heart has nice fruit - but hard seeds and small arils. Good taste, tho. Maybe a little too tart. Waiting to see if when others ripen they are sweeter. Among my ‘young’ trees - it is the most productive. Over 20 disease-free fruits. A miracle! This one is a very upright grower. Tall and thin.
Purple Heart
I have 2 Suhr Anor that are not quite ripe, just yet. Looking forward to seeing what those are like. This one and Sogdiana are only a couple of years old - and are bearing already. They only had a couple of fruits, apiece - but I was so surprised to see them that I left them to develop, even tho the shrubs are small.
Some of the fruit is HUGE! When the biggest ones come off the trees I will weigh them - just for fun - to see just how big they are! Nikitski Ranni has a giant. Others too - (that is fun!)
We are still waiting for fruit from Sweet, Ambrosia, Sumbar, Serenevyi, and Kazaki. Ambrosia may never set fruit. It may not be warm enough here. Sweet - same story. But the others are ‘supposedly’ OK with cold winters . . . so looking forward to seeing what happens!
I have learned to take a Sharpie out in the field, when I take my clippers - to mark the poms with their variety, as I cut them off . . . or it gets too confusing if I pick more than 2. This has been very helpful.
I will end this post with this -
My pom obsession started as an experiment to see which varieties would do well here in southeastern VA. Then I ‘found the forum’ . . . DANGEROUS! 
So, instead of a couple dozen pomegranate plants - I now have apples and pears and figs and plums and peaches and nectarines! And some of those have been so surprisingly successful . . . that they are often much more fun than the pomegranates!!! . . . (gee thanks, @scottfsmith !) . . . an entire orchard later!@#$%^&*!!! LOL
Seriously . . . I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to learn all that I have, over the last several years . . . and the chance to converse with some really nice folks . . . and the wonderful ‘new’ hobby that has so enriched my life! Thanks to everyone! - Karen AKA PomGranny
