Difficult, only because they’re extremely juicy and tender. It would be messy but definitely possible.

Thank you! I tried one at a fruit tasting and liked it, but I prefer to eat my citrus and not juice it, and when I've seen discussions about it they usually involve juicing. Are there any other grapefruit-like citrus that you would recommend for eating (that are different from/not similar to Oro Blanco, which I already have)?

Get a rio red grapefruit. Incredibly sweet/ tart, juicy, not very seedy and you can definitely section them and eat the slices. Also try a Minneola tangelo, it’s a cross between a grapefruit and a mandarin.

Rio reds ripe and ready (upside down pic)

Sliced in half

The Rio Red tree

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End of season harvest

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Rio red on the left, oro blanco on the right

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Thanks for the recommendations, I will be on the lookout for those varieties!

Cocktail grapefruit doesn't have as much characteristic grapefruit flavor as other grapefruits.

The inside to me seems almost seems more like somewhere in between an orange, a mandarin, and a tangelo.

People who don't like grapefruit will be more likely to like it, and, conversely, people who love grapefruit will be less likely to like it.

Climate may sway your choice. In my yard, RioR's dont peak until after May and hang all summer (coincidentally my favorite time to consume them properly diluted with solvent). The cocktails are ready mid December and are still hanging on (test hang) with no loss of quality. I juice the cocktails,,, mix one with the juice of 1 Persian lime making an excellent margarita

Those sound good! I guess if you can grow the RioR's I should have no problem (because it's hotter here), right? I like fruit that hangs and still maintains quality. Are your trees large, or do you do anything to keep them smaller? I don't have too much space left in my yard so I'm trying to grow more varieties but keep them to 6 ft.

Get your Rio red on C35, it will Help keep it manageable and also impart a sweeter and juicier fruit. Heat will only help with your fruit production, temps are consistently in the 110°-120° Range here in the desert during the summer months and my Rio red thrives.

I liked the Cocktail that I tried at a fruit tasting, but since it's so juicy I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to peel and eat it (and that's the way I prefer to consume my citrus) so I'm thinking that maybe I should try growing Rio Red grapefruit instead.