Citrus Hybrids Explained (Pomelo, Tangelo and Ugli Fruit Review) - Weird Fruit Explorer : Ep. 24

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[@deanna.radiant]

What a brilliant explanation of hybridization! I dislike Grapefruit but I love Pomelo.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks Deanna!

[@deanna.radiant]

You're welcome Jared!

[@slowedhits2506]

I like grapefruit

[@anastaciocastro89]

My great great great uncle made the first grapefruit

[@hotdogstandman]

i freaking love pummelo

[@xhmcsx]

the smell of a pomelo is one of my favourite things in the entire world

[@WeirdExplorer]

They smell great

[@julia448]

its rind smells like zonal geranium :(

[@fusionxtras]

As a kid i didnt like pomelo, still dont but my parents made a funny helmet for me to play with using the rhind

[@leonakadir3833]

my dad used to put the peel on top of the fire (not in, just above) after we'd eaten them. the smell was wonderful

[@pedronavaja573]

Guava fruit

[@baddabing28]

This is great. I find that the Pumelo is the most underrated fruit!

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'm surprised they aren't more popular in the US

[@BeastxInxBed]

They made an add on craigslit, genius!

[@Relinquicide]

This video has aged well, its still hilarious and an EXCELLENT explanation of these.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thank you!

[@andersnrregren9087]

Still one of my faverit citrus video

[@sarateubert8252]

Omg the craigslist add thing had me dead.

[@CRAMDVoiceLessons]

Ouuu... grapefruit pith has been used as a meat substitute, but pomelo over here looking thicccc. I think I might try marinating and grilling it!

[@anjabone9177]

How was it?

[@CRAMDVoiceLessons]

@@anjabone9177 the pith is a bit soft which makes it harder to work. maybe there's a different breed of pomelo.

[@katebarnwell5961]

Haha, best explanation of citrus hybridization ever! I laughed so hard. Just had my first Pomello today and it was delicious! I'll have to go hunt down a Tangelo.

[@WeirdExplorer]

+Kate Barnwell Thanks Kate, glad you enjoyed it!

[@katebarnwell5961]

Sent you an email to your youtube account, no idea if that is the proper place to email. Had some weird fruit suggestions for you.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Kate Barnwell Thanks for letting me know, I dont check the messages here too often. Just responded to you. :)

[@Myshka331]

I love pomelos and especially tangelos- the perfect level of tartness for me! That description of hybridization was amazing! So funny!

[@cryolith]

For pomelos, I find it easier to cut of the ends, then take a knife and cut off the rind, including the outer membrane, then the fruit comes away from the tough membrane pretty easily.

[@quantumchang4410]

I must say that all over youtube, you provide the best fruit tasting descriptions of all.

[@AZ-tf2hx]

firstly, that was hilarious; secondly, pomelos are so undervalued here

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Ugli fruits can be a range of different colors inside, just like pomelos they can be yellow-white, orange, pink or a gradient. It's fun not knowing what you're going to get. I think the pink ones are the sweetest.

[@Power_Verse_]

Tangelos male me think of my mom.. We found thesewhen I was a kid and the Albertsons workers pulled out a knives and cut us a slice and we've been hooked ever since!

[@WeirdExplorer]

nice memory!

[@nunyabidniz2868]

Somewhere in my travels on the wild world web in the past couple of decades, I once came across a wonderful 3D map representing the relatedness of all the citrus, which are derived from 4 citrus base stocks [citron, & a few others which I forget, but one of which I'd never even heard reference to before stumbling on that map.] Man, what a fabulous place this internet thing can be!.. Thanks, DARPA! :-)

[@lemonlover6559]

Boomchicawowow, I like the music choice, so very funny! I like the tangelo in my smoothies to kick it a notch, otherwise I think they're too tart!

[@saikunghkchan6018]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HANDSOME GUY !

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

My favorite video on the internet hands down 😭 love their family storyline

[@WeirdExplorer]

Aw thanks. I should do reunion episode one day.

[@keeploving5850]

I just found the Pomelo like two videos ago and I wouldn't say its difficult to open. I like the word "fun". I've been a fan of grapefruit (the sweet red ones) and I love talking my time on perfecting and opening it. The bitter of a grapefruit IS in the way of enjoying the fruit. Beautiful round citrus fruits. 👌🍊💖

[@RSHandley]

Very entertaining and informative - brilliantly done! Although (if you haven't already in the years since this posted) I DO recommend you try another "Ugli" (aka "Uniq") fruit as I really do find them quite tasty. For what it's worth I agree with your description of it as a "mild" fruit - but the better ones I've tasted almost have a mellow lemon-like flavor - but definitely without the extreme tartness, and a mellowed-out grapefruit flavor also seems to be present. Another perk - almost NO seeds. :) AND I couldn't agree more about Pomelo - incredibly tasty...but a pain to get to the goods!

[@leoben3450]

Idk how you don’t have 1 million subs by now

[@richoman1288]

Well done ... the best explanation ever. Have a large Pomelo in our garden her in Australia and can not eat all of the fruit so my wife has made jam.

[@Shane_O.5158]

10 creationists put thumbs dowm, don't tell them thumbs are a product of evolution.

[@mortuus6168]

I love this video so much :')

[@xarin42]

I came back to watch this episode after the "Cocktail Grapefruit" episode. I'm glad you changed your music you use ... I don't think this kind of music is bad mind you, but it reawakens traumas from shows my parents watched when I was a kid... Even if I don't think it's bad I would still be avoiding your vids, which would be a huge loss to me since I love them.

[@RailgunBlaster]

Smart, sharp, crisp, thumbs up:)

[@marie-helenejuventin2283]

citrus maxima (pomelo) ’s flesh has usually the same color as a green lemon (lime), green or more yellowish depending on the cultivar. Your pomelo with pink flesh may be a further hybridation of pomelo and grapefruit.

[@TheGreyAngelic]

that beginning skit was glorious, love it

[@CuteMimi99]

i rarely like videos, i liked this because of the first talk you gave us about them getting together

[@jakobsonprofaned5168]

I went to look for this video because i love them so much and didnt have a pomelo in a while. Im a pomelo addict. I love every part of it, including the preparation.

[@JordanConley808]

That was funny. Well done!

[@riosulysto2068]

In Indonesia before remote control cars are popular, children use the pits of pomelos as toy cars

[@JustForFun77077]

Tangelos are amazing. Especially any citrus fruit from "bee sweet"

[@eblisdolphin1306]

You just blew my mind

[@thaincrediblemaier]

So how come we have a white and a pink variety of pomelo?

[@VlogCandyMinus]

9:01 "Its mostly pretty 'melo'..." I see what you did there.

[@artusicam3]

I don’t get bitterness from grapefruits they are more of a sour tang. Not like lemon sour but a weird sour. As if sour and bitter had a baby.

[@korvusmangata9007]

Lots of people aren't able to taste the bitterness of grapefruit for some reason For people like me, eating grapefruit physically hurts my tongue. It feels like electricity

[@nunyabidniz2868]

Just a quick Q, Cam: are you unable to roll your tongue? There's some genetic connection between tongue-rolling capability and the perception of bitterness. [One of my most vivid memories of high school biology class, the day that was demonstrated... X-D ]

[@artusicam3]

No I can definitely roll my tongue, I can even do the clover thing. I personally just like most fruits no matter what; some things like ranch, sour creme, etc cause me to uncontrollably gag. Each person is different it’s just the way we’re born I believe.

[@Bombur888]

@@artusicam3 They taste bitter but it's really not unbearable. I enjoy them without sugar.

[@skyleejeffrey6507]

this video needs more attention

[@bludelphinium994]

GREAT EXPLANATION 💕

[@ESKATEUK]

Is it normal for a pomelo to be incredibly dry? I bought one the other day and I just couldn’t explain it, it looked juicy, but it literally had no juice in it. It had flavour without juice.. it was the strangest fruit I’ve eaten

[@vynguyen6376]

Dylan Smith u got a bad one

[@-41337]

It should be juicier than that. It sounds like the one you got was a bit old.

[@guyveloz4382]

I have finally managed to collect FOUR Tahitian pummelos for my own back yard in socal. What a pleasant turn of fortunes. I've chased this outcome since I visited The Tahitian Club Med when I was 22 years old.

[@shad0wphoenix1]

I’ve started to binge watch these videos. I love fruit, but I’ve never heard of close to any of the fruits in these videos.

[@briaravioli3542]

i’ve only heard of a pomelo from the sims lol

[@riceandpotatoes]

Absolutely beautiful

[@reneeyoung19]

I love this story

[@hehehahaskater]

cool video!

[@nisnber5760]

The Citron fruit (Citrus medica), specifically those from Yemen, can grow to three or four times as big as pomelos.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

I was sceptical so I did a research... Those are some big lemon!

[@slowedhits2506]

Cool content

[@verdemocambique9941]

Forget the fruits, the explanation is hillarious

[@stanervin6108]

My two favorite citrus are the kumquat and the Hamlin juicing orange. I know, I know. Opposite ends of the spectrum flavor wise, but both are deeelish to me! 🍊🍋

[@orangestar2477]

I’ve had Cuban shaddocks, and the ones I’ve had home grown are about 85-90% pith. Cut everything but the rind up and mix in some sugar, and it’s yummy.

[@dataquester]

xcellent story!!!!

[@jellosapiens7261]

I actually quite like the bitterness of grapefruit, but I've never had fresh pomelo, so I'll have to try it

[@xeedonash4491]

Can someone please explain to me why I was so invested in the "Tangelo lore" of great grandpa mandarin and great grandma pomelo? XD

[@erikjohnson9223]

Grapefruit was also an easy addition for people already growing oranges in central FL and south TX (for some reason, the Rio Grande valley seems to produce the best grapefruit) and seeking to (slightly) diversify. Most pummelos are less cold hardy, so have to be grown where winters are less severe. There is a fair amount of variability in pummelos, though, so if the original material had come from a cooler area, it might have worked. Pummelo is the source of the "grapefruit effect" furanocoumarins that make grapefruits, pummelos, and sour oranges dangerous for people taking certain medicines (like statins), but a guy at the University of Florida bred a safe "grapefruit" from a pummelo that by chance had negligible levels of those chemicals. Maybe a pummelo from high elevation (in Yunnan?), rather than from Indonesia where they first came to the attention of the West, could be grown by large, experienced Citrus growers, though grapefruit has the name recognition edge in the US. With the spread of diseases like hualongbing and canker, it may prove an advantage to grow Citrus outside of their traditional range even if it throws a wrench into the shipping and juice factory logistics of industrial/monoculture agriculture.

[@theresanee]

Ugli is good with sugar on it, like grapefruit.

[@KashmirMovieProduction]

Nice video

[@shanleyshoupe7873]

I have found that the peel of the ugli fruit is comparable to a kumquat, its slightly sweet, and it candies really well!!

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'll have to try some next time!

[@Clavinovaman]

Tangelo (Minneola's) are the most delicious citrus fruits you can buy. The problem with your analysis is that is depends on which _variety_ of citrus fruit you cross pollinate to what the result is.

[@mbyt01]

Enough from word of mouth. Explanation can only fill the gaps in my learning. I don't learn well mainly on paper or by mouth. I need to see the process, then I can do it through imitation. First let's set the details: 1) Is an Ugli fruit another name for a Uniq fruit, a Tropical Citrus or a Jamaican Tangelo. 2) Is the product of a Pummelo and a Tangelo or a Grapefruit and an Orange? Which one should provide the pollen the Orange or Tangelo ... or ... the Grapefruit or Pomelo? At what time of the year should the transfer be made under what conditions with what soil, what pot. Is there any use for grafting from what plant to what stump stem or bifurcation? Should the resulting plant be kept low? Should any resulting transplanted fruits be discarded the first crop/year? Should all the leaves of the first shoots be removed including 1/2 the top remaining ones? What rooting substances can be used?

[@juels508]

Did you know that grapefruit have almost no bitterness if you pick the right one. Make sure it's very fragrant and has no bad spots.

[@kengoff3363]

It's Orange Tangerine Unique or Ortanique . Mature's around the same time as Valencia's, I grafted my Ortanique buds on Carrizo rootstock . The ones in Washington are probably on Poncirus Trifoliata rootstock or Flying Dragon rootstock.

[@andersnrregren9087]

Pomelo (biggest citrus) cross with finger lime (smallest parental citrus) to get the trendy new sunrise lemon just a little random info

[@MayanPudding]

lmao i recognize that music. that's some classic stuff right there.

[@australiacrazy8882]

I have had pomelo and cocktail grapefruit. A cocktail grapefruit, although more rare, is better than pomelo in my opinion. I'm not sure about its ancestry but it is similar in size to a grapefruit. It has green/yellow flesh and a brilliant taste, like a grapefruit without the sourness, much like you described a pomelo. A very delicious fruit that I find tastes better than a pomelo, and you can eat it without having to deal with so much rind. BTW I did a video on it if that interests you.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I've never had a cocktail grapefruit, sounds like something called a Buntan fruit, which I'll be posting in a few weeks. I'll check it out. :)

[@korvusmangata9007]

There's also Oroblanco It's a grapefruit hybrid with a green skin Looks like a pomelo on the outside, tastes like super sweet grapefruit on the inside. No need for sugar

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'll have to try it. Just had the "Japanese pomelo" the other day, looks like a small green pomelo but is actually a hybrid of the king tangor and sweet pomelo.

[@korvusmangata9007]

@@WeirdExplorer neat! I'll have to try the one you had! Cosco is selling bundles of Oroblanco for $8 under the name "Sweetie" much like how Ugli Fruit is marketed.

[@davidh9844]

My brother introduced me to Oroblancos in California about a year ago. You can't find them on the East Coast, or at least here in Atlanta where we can get everything (including white sapote). Tragic. It wasn't easy packing them into my suitcase to get home, and with a basic travel ban these days, haven't been out to California in ages. They are a grapefruit on steroids!

[@GoldplatedIronfist]

I want an ugli fruit that was pollinated by car Cara oranges

[@punaforager]

I recommend the Tahitian green pamplemousse.

[@lightfusegetaway]

Wow, that's pretty remarkable. Had no idea that the mandarin and pomelo were the Adam and Eve of the citrus world.

[@axelrubiocarrillo9719]

Pomelo and grapefruit have the same name in Spanish, both pomelo, but we eat primarily grapefruit and you can only find real pomelo in bothanical gardens

[@Catlily5]

I like tangelos. They sell them off and on here . I never tried a pomelo or a Jamaican tangelo. But I want to go to the Asian grocery store and try a pomelo now.

[@JuanRodriguez-fh7vn]

Pomelo and minneola are my two favorite citrus fruits.

[@slicktmi]

I have a question if you have a calamondin for example and if it never got cross pollinated are all the seeds true to type?

[@whoasked9500]

Tangelos are also known for being good defence mechanisms against clowns.

[@djadysiti7371]

Wow😅 it's like a forbidden love story😅

[@ClwnJuNkY]

There is also the New Zealand Tangelo

[@rattus7881]

I usually use the knife and cut most of the peal off carefull not to cut into the fruit and peal the soft inside peal by hand with pomelos

[@Clavinovaman]

4:00: Honey pomelo is the largest citrus fruit. Tends to have light yellow/honey coloured flesh. The pomelo you have here is not a honey pomelo. Smoked salmon, feta and pomelo salad is delicious. Served with a light dressing and some crusty bread.

[@ZE308AC]

Have you done a review on cocktail oranges?

[@Commenter339]

These pomelos are very round. I've seen more egg-shaped pomelos that are more porous on the outside. And I've only had the white variety so far. They sell the white and red in a general store here.

[@arwaanauda4724]

I need your help to recognize Tangelolos in my garden. Where can I send you pictures of it?

[@BadBoyBreeze13]

There’s like three different kinds of tangelos, and I think it’s Orlando won the taste bitter like the one you have the honey tangelo, locked sweetheart and there’s one that looks like a grapefruit and orange that’s to die for

[@mikecole1664]

How do lemons and limes fit in this family?

[@eirkro]

Still a better love storry than Twilight

[@crystalerivera84]

Have you heard of Valley lemon I think lemon acrossed with orange but not sure??? My favorite but can't get in Houston. Only Rio grande valley, TX.

[@brianpack369]

Is the intro music from the shower scene of Debbie Does Dallas?

[@Bethiah54]

You did an excellent job at explaining just how the fruit were produced however the ugly fruit I’m not 100% clear if you don’t mind can you tell me is the ugli fruit a natural cross pollination of the different fruit

[@shivammane661]

did not knew mandarin was into thick chicks

[@loyaluwang4228]

Really good Pomelos are best citrus for me

[@michellemarcotte7469]

Thank you. Our neighbors in Florida have something they call a Lemon, but is the size of an Ugli fruit, with similar bumpy peel, but is yellow and not discolored like the Jamaican Tangelo. Is there such a thing as an Ugli fruit Lemon hybrid?

[@erikjohnson9223]

There is a "Ponderosa" lemon, which sounds like that. I believe it was a lemon + grapefruit hybrid.

[@basantprasadsgarden8365]

I have a variety of pomelo with white flesh, thin skin and little bit sweeter

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Do you do videos on how to find the best fruit? Oranges and grapefruits have been trash these last few years, at least the ones we're getting here in the central USA.

[@eternal_shade]

Okay I want to add this here I'm from assam and we definitely don't use it as a football as I'm eating one right now it is a very important and fun fruit as it's deeply rooted in our Assamese nostalgia as eating pomelo under warm winter sun

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

Pomelos are the kings of the citrus family, and maybe Oro Blanco's are the queens, kumquats are defiantly the sweet little babies of the family though...

[@GeneralArmorus]

there's also an oroblanco

[@666aron]

This is the first time that I saw a red pomelo....

[@JML-fi8rf]

that is one messed up family

[@jhiion4]

i get that but wat is the ground work??

[@kewpiechiu]

Watching this as I'm eating a pomelo... almost choked when "God's Curse" entered the picture......

[@LuxeWanderlust545]

what fruits will hybrids to make a yuzu? thank you

[@erikjohnson9223]

One was the Ichang Papeda, which gives it hardiness and the weird petiole-winged leaves. I forget what the other was: lemon, sweet orange, or mandarin, but you can Google it. I found this really involved article on Citrus genetics (sadly ignoring kumquats and Australian citruses) while researching "grapefruit juice effect" to see if yuzu was safe for relatives who can't eat grapefruit because of their medicines. (Yuzu is OK.)

[@jo0ls]

I Can’t have pomelo after liver transplant, it will mess up the dose of anti-rejection medicine. I’m not missing out much. It’s worth being alive even though I can’t eat large quantities of pomelo.