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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusValentine Pummelo Hybrid
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc4182 (opens in a new tab)
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Holly · Greg Alder’s Yard Posts · 2024-02-16
Holly’s comment on Greg Alder’s article reports on her own four-year-old tree she calls Valentine pummelo in San Diego County, says its fruit had few seeds, and says she bought it from Four Winds. The comment is a single grower account and does not establish accession identity or parentage. Article byline and page date: Greg Alder, 16 Feb. 2024; comment 99247 by Holly is timestamped 16 Feb. 2024, 9:09 pm.
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Skandiberg · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2026-02-23
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=60062.msg576517#msg576517 (opens in a new tab)
In this received-fruit post, Skandiberg describes a Valentine pummelo hybrid with yellow/red flesh, thinner albedo than typical pomelo, orange/mandarin-like zest aroma, very juicy somewhat watery texture, easy peeling, and a soft fruit that may have been overripe. These are observations of received fruit; orchard provenance and sample count are unstated. The post does not provide instrumental measurements.
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Skandiberg · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2026-03-09
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=60062.msg577550#msg577550 (opens in a new tab)
In this later post about the same received-fruit shipment reviewed earlier, Skandiberg reports Valentine at Brix 10 with many seeds, a dominantly orange-smelling rind, and fruit that was very easy to peel. The author says the fruit seemed past its prime and may not store well. It is a follow-up after about two weeks of storage, not an independent shipment or a cultivar-wide result; orchard provenance and fruit count are unstated.
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hoosierquilt (Patty S.) · Houzz Discussions
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1843765/pummelo-q-s (opens in a new tab)
This discussion includes comments by hoosierquilt, who signs as Patty S. and reports owning Valentine pummelo trees. The poster gives a grower account of Valentine’s texture, flavor and local ripening, and attributes it to a Siamese Sweet pummelo, Dancy mandarin and Ruby blood orange. These are attributed reports, not accession-specific or genetic evidence. The page displays the relevant dates only relatively (“13 years ago” and “12 years ago”); exact comment dates, tree accessions, rootstocks and harvest years are not established.
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Ben A Faber · University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2013-05-24
https://ucanr.edu/blog/topics-subtropics/article/valentine-new-pummelo-hybrid (opens in a new tab)
UC ANR article describing the Valentine pummelo hybrid's reported parent-contributed fruit characteristics, mid-February maturity, red-heart appearance and anthocyanin pigmentation.
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Fruitmentor
https://fruitmentor.com/valentine-pummelo-a-delicious-treat (opens in a new tab)
First-person account of one Valentine fruit from a Santa Clara Valley branch grafted onto a Chandler pummelo tree, compared with fruit tasted the prior year from California's Central Valley.
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Farm Progress · 2011-02-03
Secondary report on the Valentine pummelo hybrid, its reported fruit characteristics, mid-February maturity and 2009 budwood release.
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Thomas Osborne, MD · Tasty Landscape · 2013-04-27
https://tastylandscape.com/2013/04/27/valentine-pummelo-a-tasty-new-citrus/ (opens in a new tab)
Author's account of a pictured Valentine fruit and a young tree, including fruit form, approximate size, rind and pulp appearance, subjective flavor and reported season.
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Growing Fruit Forum · 2024-11-08
https://growingfruit.org/t/grocery-store-pummelo/67450 (opens in a new tab)
Forum thread includes a grower's recollection of Valentine taste, but does not identify the separate Phoenix retail fruit or bagged pomelos as Valentine.
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Growing Fruit Forum
https://growingfruit.org/t/pomelos/13935 (opens in a new tab)
Forum discussion includes individual growers' Valentine comments; one grower describes a fruit as thin-skinned, pinkish, very juicy and sweet, without stated site, rootstock, count or maturity.
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Houzz
Discussion includes one comment describing red flesh, very juicy texture, mild flavor and low acid; no specimen, growing site or tasting method is supplied.
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Millet · Tropical Fruit Forum · 2019-11-11
https://www.tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=35473.0 (opens in a new tab)
Grower discussion distinguishes an off-season greenhouse fruit account from another grower's two fruits knocked from trees during indoor winter storage; conditions and maturity differ, and no controlled temperature response is shown.
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Citrus Growers Forum (archived)
http://citrusgrowersstatic.chez.com/web/viewtopic5f1f-2.php (opens in a new tab)
Archived forum page includes one grower's account of three Valentine fruits picked in February, including one less-pigmented, juicy fruit described as sweet and complex; the same grower gives a separate timing follow-up.
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Ben · MyCakies · 2017-01-23
https://mycakies.com/2017/01/our-valentine-pummelos/ (opens in a new tab)
Personal consumption account describing Valentine fruit around mid-December and Valentine's Day, red heart-like appearance, and low-acid, slightly tart, sweet and floral flavor; sample and growing conditions are unspecified.
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Brett Elicker · Backyard Citrus · 2013-10-28
New-tree acquisition post describing Valentine parentage and general sweetness, color and floral character, with the holiday naming and heart-like cut appearance; no tasted specimen is described.
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Citrus Growers Forum
https://citrusgrowersv2.proboards.com/thread/510/valentine-pomelo (opens in a new tab)
Member thread includes separate grower reports on a trifoliate-rooted tree, a single fruit, and a second-year tree with three fruits; reported flavor, rind color and maturity differ by report.
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Getting Fresh with Dan the Produce Man · YouTube · 2026-02-13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQMiM2_oKNc (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: At a San Leandro farmers market, the host describes a Valentine pomelo's juicy flesh, thinner-than-standard-pomelo skin and blood-orange, tangerine and pomelo flavor. A grower says trees planted about three years earlier first produced smaller, tart, weakly flavored fruit, with sugar and flavor developing by the third year.
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CHI . The Thirsty Gardener · YouTube · 2023-01-25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCkeChgjh-M (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The speaker shows a Valentine from a roughly three-year-old tree in its first fruiting year, describes it as juicy and easy to peel like a tangerine, and compares its flavor with grapefruit, sweet orange and tangerine.
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Weird Explorer · YouTube · 2021-04-21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8sTk8QDRmY (opens in a new tab)
Summary from transcript: The presenter tastes one Valentine fruit donated by a Monterey Bay California Rare Fruit Growers chapter and reviewed in New York City, describing it as juicy and meaty and rating tartness and sweetness 6/10 each, with a touch of bitterness.
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