Oroblanco
Variety of Grapefruit · Citrus paradisi
Sweet, bitterness-free white grapefruit-pomelo cross – mild and seedless, marketed as 'Sweetie' in Israel.
Also known as: Sweetie, Oro Blanco
9🇺🇸 USA 1980
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Pomelo (Citrus maxima) x weiße Grapefruit – tetraploider Hybride
- Breeder
- University of California, Riverside
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 400 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, thick-rinded fruit with pale green-yellow skin and white, seedless flesh. Notably sweet and virtually without bitterness.
Growth
Vigorous tree; needs less heat to sweeten than classic grapefruit.
Yield
Good yields; ripens early in the season.
Notes
Sold as 'Sweetie' (Israel) and Oroblanco (California); thick rind reduces edible yield.
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