Grapefruit first came to Texas at the end of the 19th century, but not until 1929 did things start to get interesting. The leading states are Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, where red grapefruit has a colorful story. You will have a better chance of finding a pummelo in an Asian grocery or specialty market than in a conventional supermarket.Īs for grapefruit, the US is the number one producer, followed by China, South Africa and Mexico. It is commercially grown in the United States but limited to subtropical spots like Florida and California. The pummelo thrives in China, Thailand, Fiji, Malaysia and the Caribbean. The peak for pummelo is similar, with a somewhat earlier arrival, around late November. < You’ll encounter a spongy and easily removed pith which gives way to enormous seedless segments in the shade of coral pink or green grapes, both delicately sweet and juicy.īy the late 17th century, the pummelo traveled across the world, from Fiji to Barbados, with a certain sea captain named Shaddock (or Chaddock). Peel away their easily maneuvered thick, yellow-green rind and you’ll be rewarded with a perfume that should be bottled. The largest of all the citrus fruits, pummelos are shaped like a globe or sometimes like a pear, with a somewhat flattened end. First came the pummelo, a native of Malaysia and other parts of southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific island of Fiji.
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