Post #635694 by Melintur on Wed, May 9, 2012 2:33 PM

I hear the same thing from my friends in So Cal. It was a very strange (and happy) discovery come winter grapefruit season when I found the local 'regular' Fred Meyer's grocery stores stock the (what I assume to be) Marsh seedless whites.

We have a local 'cruchy-granola' chain called New Seasons that goes futher and stocks Oroblanco, Melogold, Chandler Pomelos, 'cocktail' citrus (another grapefruit hybrid), Ugli fruit, etc.

And apart from the generic whites (usually from Florida), the rare varietals are all FROM So Cal!

I mean - the horticultural citrus mecca is right there at UC Riverside...

On 2012-05-04 14:11, TikiSan wrote:
I'm surprised you can get white grapefruit in Portland, OR, while it is nearly impossible to buy them in the store here in Southern California. We have tons of Ruby Red grapefruit, pomelos, and oroblancos, but not actual white grapefruit. The best way to find them here in SoCal is to find someone with a tree. I did see them for sale once in Whole Foods a couple of years ago.