I like eating grapefruit in the winter. When I first arrived I went to the grocery store on the assumption that I could buy one here. Um, no. There were no juicy ruby red grapefruits anywhere I looked. Until one day there was a sign—grapefruit. But they were really small, about the size of a navel orange. I figured I would try them.
I learned that these are not true grapefruits. They are called Poorman orange. They are a hybrid of the pomelo and the mandarin orange. A pomelo is a grapefruit relation, so the New Zealand grapefruit is not really that far off from a real grapefruit. The Poorman orange is slightly tart like a grapefruit. The biggest difference is size and juiciness. I will have to accept it as my winter fruit since there is no way I am getting a ruby red from the U.S. any time soon.
A Yank Among the Kiwis 