Looking for PINK grapefruit, not red

Back in the day, pink grapefruit was pink. Now there's all these red ones, with much deeper color and much larger individual pieces of pulp (can't think of what else to call the little pieces of fruit found in each section). The currently-everywhere red ones pull apart inside the membranes separating the segments. I do not like these red ones.

I want old fashioned pink grapefruit. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or more importantly, who might carry these pink ones?

sujormik wrote:(can't think of what else to call the little pieces of fruit found in each section)

Juice Vesicles!
(I had to look it up myself)

BrendanR wrote:

sujormik wrote:(can't think of what else to call the little pieces of fruit found in each section)

Juice Vesicles!
(I had to look it up myself)

Lol, but how about that pink stuff?

I'm not even sure how much of this is grown commercially in or near the U.S. these days. In my recent experience at work (where we sell some juice concentrates), all we've seen over the past 5 years is white, ruby red and rio red. I'm sure there are others out there, at least on a fresh fruit basis, but I'm guessing they're not grown very widely at all, or they'd eventually show up on the processed side. We've moved all our customers who used to take pink over to rio red.

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ronnie_suburban wrote:I'm not even sure how much of this is grown commercially in or near the U.S. these days. In my recent experience at work (where we sell some juice concentrates), all we've seen over the past 5 years is white, ruby red and rio red. I'm sure there are others out there, at least on a fresh fruit basis, but I'm guessing they're not grown very widely at all, or they'd eventually show up on the processed side. We've moved all our customers who used to take pink over to rio red.

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This makes me sad to hear! What is the difference between rio and ruby? Just curious. I find that some of the Reds taste almost musky, some underlying flavor I can't really identify.

sujormik wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:I'm not even sure how much of this is grown commercially in or near the U.S. these days. In my recent experience at work (where we sell some juice concentrates), all we've seen over the past 5 years is white, ruby red and rio red. I'm sure there are others out there, at least on a fresh fruit basis, but I'm guessing they're not grown very widely at all, or they'd eventually show up on the processed side. We've moved all our customers who used to take pink over to rio red.

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This makes me sad to hear! What is the difference between rio and ruby? Just curious. I find that some of the Reds taste almost musky, some underlying flavor I can't really identify.

My own personal experience is that Texas red is superior to Florida red. The rio red was a Texas variant.

I do know what you're talking about because my parents have the pink grapefruit trees (and there are many in their subdivision in the Palm Springs, California area). However, I'm not sure if they're grown commercially in that area. I'll see if I can find anything out, but this may require a more significant investigation on my next visit (which may be several months away).

BR wrote:I do know what you're talking about because my parents have the pink grapefruit trees (and there are many in their subdivision in the Palm Springs, California area). However, I'm not sure if they're grown commercially in that area. I'll see if I can find anything out, but this may require a more significant investigation on my next visit (which may be several months away).

Very kind of you. When I was a kid we ordered through the HS music department and theirs were the best, but I know I've purchased pink ones at Sunset in years past and they were such a treat.