Siamese Sweet
Citrus maxima
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Description
Siamese Sweet is an acidless white-fleshed pomelo from Thailand, prized as the sweet, non-sharp pomelo for people who find ordinary citrus too tart. The fruit is oblate to broadly oval with a thick, easy-to-peel rind protecting large segments of crisp, non-juicy white sacs that separate easily - the classic low-acid type where sweetness comes with almost no sourness, giving a mild, honeyed flavour. Known for sweetness and low acidity in the existing record, with large, juicy, crisp white segments. In NZ it needs the warmest frost-free garden and a long hot season like all pomelos, ripening in the main winter-spring window; because acidless fruit does not develop the usual sugar-acid signal, tasting is the best ripeness test. Eaten fresh as a dessert fruit. Thick rind keeps well. Self-fertile. Notably, Siamese Sweet is one of the parents of the Californian Chandler pomelo, linking the two selections in this catalogue.
Characteristics
Fruit Size
Large
Peel Colour
Green ripening to yellow
Flesh Colour
White
Harvest Timing (NZ)
Mid
Seediness
Unknown
Growth Habit
Vigorous
Thorny
Notes
Warmest frost-free site essential; full sun, shelter, free-draining soil, standard citrus feeding. Thick easy-peel rind; crisp, low-acid fruit for those who dislike sharp citrus. Ripens in the main pomelo window - taste before picking as low acid fruit shows little colour change.
Fruit Use
Dessert
Flavour Profile
Sweet, Mild
Storage Life
Good
Country Availability
Known to be available in 1 country