Looks good. How is the taste? I don’t mind removing seeds if the fruits tastes good.
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It’s alright. Easier to peel and better texture than Chandler but not quite acidic enough for my taste.
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So is the Khao Phuang better than Tahitian or Tahitian the best you had?
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They’re hard to compare directly. Tahitian is great but doesn’t have a “typical” pomelo flavor, if you know what I mean.
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Ok, then I will buy/graft the Tahitian so I can compare it to the Khao Phuang in a few years.
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Here’s some photos of my fruits this year.
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I only know one other pomelo fruit that gets 15 lbs and it is from Hawaii.
Are you saying the fruits is 3x larger than a Thong Dee fruit?
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Not Hawaii, Java, Indonesia.
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And does the fruit get up to 15 lbs?
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I eat a lot of them, this was back in the early sixties. Taste much like mild grape fruit without the bitterness. I don’t plan to to enlarge my collection, the varieties I have growing, mandarins and what not is more than plenty, somewhere between 24 and more.
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Tubtim is a Thai word for ruby. Siam Ruby pomelos have green skin and dark pink flesh. You may have bought the correct variety.
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I am guessing that ‘Khao Pan’, and that ‘Khao Phuang’, are the same as ‘Kao Pan’ and as ‘Kao Phuang’
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Here’s the tag that was on the Ruby pomelo fruit I purchased.
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In those days, over there you don’t weigh anything, just pick them. Btw they were just growing the yard, no garden, the tree was just growing there, several other tropical trees, including nutmeg, rambutan, coconuts……
All I remember very heavy suckers but easy to peel.
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This Pink pummelo was grown from a seed, a seed that was collected from Java, Indonesia Pink pummelo (CRC 2244) | Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UCR
Here are some descriptions that I have found on google books
“Djeroek Bali - A very sweet variety of the pomelo, rather tasteless, but much in favor with the Chinese and natives; found principally in the neighborhood of Bandoeng, in the Preanger District, also in the Kediri District, in mid Java.”
"Djeroek Bali - Fruit almost globular ; dark green ; rind light pink inside 14 inch thick ; flesh not strictly pink , at least very slightly so ; flesh sweet but insipid . This fruit does not seem to agree with the Djeroek Bali which was given me in Bandoeng.
Djerock Pandan Wangi ( see illustration ) – Fruit globular , lighter green ; inner skin light pink , pinker than in Djeroek Bali ; flesh deep pink , dry and mildly acid , almost faintly acid ; drier than Bali ; the partitions are colored bright pink ; very large follicles . A desirable variety for home gardens and for use in fruit salads . ( Seeds of this variety were sent under Allison V. Armour Expedition Nos . 795 and 810 [ S.P.I. 68022 and 62905 ] and these are now growing in the Citrus Detention Station , Bethesda , Maryland . ) Djerock Delima - Inner part of skin is only slightly pink ; flesh lighter pink than Pandan Wangi but juicier ; not so attractive ; little flavor and of no better taste ."
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If the pic was correct, it is not Siam Ruby judging from the shape of the fruit (round vs a short neck).
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The number of segments and texture and taste matches the Siam Ruby (Tubtim) to me.
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In those days I wasn’t in horticulture like I am now. Open markets are huge, you can buy just about anything, even homing pigeons.
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I tried pomelo for the first time this year and really liked it. Unlike grapefruits. A friend has a pomelo from Vietnam that was really good and planted some seeds now in 1gallon pots. And offered me one.
I’m wondering if pomelo is true to seed or should I just graft one on a neighbors grapefruit tree?
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