Cocktail

Cocktail is actually a hybrid of Siamese Sweet pomelo and Frua mandarin.  The cross was made at Riverside, possibly in the 1950s.  The variety was never officially released by the University of California, Riverside, but somehow made it into the public sector.  Cocktail trees are large and vigorous.  The fruit can vary from the size of an orange to the size of a grapefruit.  It has a thin, smooth, yellow rind.  The flesh is seedy, yellow-orange in color, and exceptionally juicy. The flavor is pleasantly sub-acid.  Cocktail matures in early winter and the fruits hold well on the tree, puffing when they become very old, but not desiccating.