Anyone Ever Hear Of................

[Lenny]

Has anyone ever heard of a fruit called Pumello? It was on the news tonight. It's been around a long time but never too popular. All of a sudden, the Pumello is popular and in demand. It lookslike a grapefruit only without the citrus acid, very sweet and juicy.

This is the first I have heard of this fruit.

Pumello

[Barry]

phyllis said:

Here is a picture of it and it looks like a grapefruit.

Can't make it out

[Fran Gyomory]

looks like some kind of mix with pomegranits (sp) ?

[Deleted]

It is a Chinese grapefruit.

[Deleted]

barry said:

phyllis said:

Here is a picture of it and it looks like a grapefruit.

Can't make it out

Sorry , so I posted another picture.

[Fran Gyomory]

The photo Lenny posted is totally different?? How come? Phyllis, your photo looks like some kind of citrus..lemon or lime?

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frangyomory said:

The photo Lenny posted is totally different?? How come? Phyllis, your photo looks like some kind of citrus..lemon or lime?

It is in the grapefruit family. There is also a fruit called the ugly fruit.

[Fran Gyomory]

Yes, I have heard of the ugly fruit but this new one is really new to me. I wonder what the fruit is that Lenny posted. He called it pumello.....but yours is a pumello??

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This is called ugly fruit. I have seen it in the supermarket but have never had it. Tomorrow I will check it out.




It is in the citrus family

[Lenny]

There are different kinds of pumello's depending where they are grown. The one I saw on the news is like the one Phyllis posted from China. The one's I posted I got from google. The news said we'll be seeing alot more of them from now on and they could cost as much as $5.00 each. That's rediculous!

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[pegleg]

Talking about odd fruits... the Coco de Mer grows only in the Seychelles and is the base of a fair sized cottage industry there. See:

tinyurl.com/3xkjeh

Some specimens have sold for over $800 on ebay. Being this is a family board, I don't recommend googling on "coco de mer" only - they're inspiration for a wide variety of ..... well.... anyway, add "seychelles" to the search phrase....