Marsh
Variety of Grapefruit · Citrus paradisi
The classic white, seedless standard grapefruit with juicy, fresh and slightly tart flavour.
Also known as: Marsh Seedless, White Marsh
🇺🇸 USA 1860
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourtartjuicybitterrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Sämling der Duncan-Grapefruit
- Breeder
- C. M. Marsh (Florida)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 350 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large fruit with pale yellow rind and whitish-yellow, virtually seedless flesh. Very juicy, balanced acidity with a mild bitter note.
Growth
Vigorous, productive tree, well adapted to subtropical climates.
Yield
High, reliable yields; long hang-time on the tree and good storability.
Notes
Historic parent cultivar from which many pigmented mutations (Ruby, Star Ruby) arose.
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