
the green ones on the right
The pommelo, a fruit native to Southeast Asia, is disappointment wrapped in an pretty package. While the fruit is quite tasty, like a sweeter, less acid grapefruit, to get to it you have to remove a spongy rind as thick as your finger.
It is also known as the Chinese grapefruit, Citrus maxima (pommelos can grow as big as a basketball), and shaddock, after an English ship captain who introduced the fruit to the West Indies in the 1600s. (Coincidentally, Shaddock was a NATO codename for Soviet missiles Pyatyorka and Redut.)
Like all citrus grown in the US, pommelos are in season right now. These were found on Church Ave.
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