and commonly processed into canned
segments.
Pummelo Pummelos require the warmest
growing conditions of the common citrus
fruits and have been slow to spread from their
home in tropical Asia, where they were
cultivated in ancient times. They’re large, 10
in/25 cm or more in diameter, with a
relatively thick albedo layer; large, easily
separated juice vesicles that burst in the
mouth; thick and tough segment membranes;
and an absence of the bitterness that flavors
its offspring the grapefruit. Some varieties
have pink-red vesicles.
Orange Nearly three-fourths of all citrus fruit
produced in the world are oranges, whose
juiciness and moderate size, sweetness, and
acidity make them especially versatile.
They’re probably an ancient hybrid between
the mandarin and the pummelo, and have in
turn been developed into several very