10-11-2015, 06:16 AM
This is actually a pummelo x mandarin hybrid, which is similar to the probable parentage of grapefruit. I got budwood from the UCR germplasm repository several months ago and gave some to my friends at Pokifruit. I am not any kind of an expert grafter, so I was not successful, but they were. I bought a tree from them a few months ago and it is growing well. I have no financial interest in this variety, but would like to let people know it is now available in Hawaii. It sounds really desirable to me, which is why sent for the budwood. Pokifruit sells at Makuu Market (Hilo side next to 130 in the corner) and had a couple trees available this morning when I visited them ($25?).
The UCR website has this to say:
Notes and observations:
EMN, 1986: This hybrid "escaped" into the industry and was named "Cocktail grapefruit" by a citrus nurseryman (probably). It has never been officially named & released.
EMN, 12/15/1987: A medium-large size fruit- about like a grapefruit. Dark yellow, thin rind. Dark yellow flesh, almost orange yellow. Too damn seedy for commercial usage but makes a good dooryard juice variety. Very unique flavor; you could love it or hate it.
EMN, 2/1988: About 2/3 or this plus 1/3 Tarocco blood orange juice makes a fantastically flavored juice drink. Try it, you'll like it.
OJB: Cocktail trees are large and vigorous. The fruit can vary from the size of an orange to the size of a grapefruit. It has a thin, smooth, yellow rind. The flesh is seedy, yellow-orange in color, and exceptionally juicy. The flavor is pleasantly sub-acid. Cocktail matures in early winter and the fruits hold well on the tree, puffing when they become very old, but not desiccating.
Allen
Finally in HPP
The UCR website has this to say:
Notes and observations:
EMN, 1986: This hybrid "escaped" into the industry and was named "Cocktail grapefruit" by a citrus nurseryman (probably). It has never been officially named & released.
EMN, 12/15/1987: A medium-large size fruit- about like a grapefruit. Dark yellow, thin rind. Dark yellow flesh, almost orange yellow. Too damn seedy for commercial usage but makes a good dooryard juice variety. Very unique flavor; you could love it or hate it.
EMN, 2/1988: About 2/3 or this plus 1/3 Tarocco blood orange juice makes a fantastically flavored juice drink. Try it, you'll like it.
OJB: Cocktail trees are large and vigorous. The fruit can vary from the size of an orange to the size of a grapefruit. It has a thin, smooth, yellow rind. The flesh is seedy, yellow-orange in color, and exceptionally juicy. The flavor is pleasantly sub-acid. Cocktail matures in early winter and the fruits hold well on the tree, puffing when they become very old, but not desiccating.
Allen
Finally in HPP
Allen
Finally in HPP
Finally in HPP