Pomelos are very common in Vietnam; mainly because it's a staple fruit and can be enjoyed as it is or mixed with other fruits and served as a salad. Some even serve it as a condiment or garnishing to their meal.
In one of my visit to the local flower market a few weeks back, I was surprisingly impressed to see pot of pomelos available for sale in conjunction with the TET holidays. Seems like pomelo is one of the MUST have fruit in any household in Vietnam. It represents prosperity and longevity in the Vietnamese culture.
If you're not familiar with this fruit, let me share a little bit of what I know about this fruit.
The Pomelo is a large citrus fruit; closely similar to a large grapefruit; commonly consumed and used for festive occasions throughout Southeast Asia.
The pomelo tree may be 16–50 feet (4.9–15.2 m) tall, possibly with a crooked trunk 4–12 inches (10–30 cm) thick, and low-hanging, irregular branches.The fruit weighs about 1–2 kilograms (2–4 lb). It has a thicker rind than a grapefruit. The flesh has little of the common grapefruit bitterness.
Each pomelo pot can produce easily one to two dozens of pomelo each time; though I'm not sure if it's because it's been pumped up with high dosage of fertiliser. I doubt any fruit tree can harvest such big and many fruits at one time.
What do you think ?
I'll definitely share more in my next post. Hope you enjoy my photo taken from my Huawei
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