White grapefruit in NYC

January 21, 2019 11:05 AM

Is it possible to buy white grapefruit in NYC? If so, where, and what time of year? Alternately, are there any places that ship white grapefruit that you might recommend? Thanks!
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

At the bottom of this article, there's a phone number to a potential grower that could ship.

Also here and here.
posted by suedehead at 1:52 PM on January 21, 2019

I see white grapefruit at Whole Foods from time to time (in fact I bought some only a few weeks ago) so it can't be all that difficult to find.
posted by slkinsey at 3:30 PM on January 21, 2019

If Oro Blanco count these guys have them for delivery
posted by JPD at 4:20 PM on January 21, 2019

Response by poster: White grapefruit is indeed difficult to find, hence my question.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 4:20 PM on January 21, 2019 [1 favorite]

In this question, @belau mentioned that Sosio's Produce in Seattle will ship fruit.
posted by oxisos at 8:07 PM on January 21, 2019

Staring at some in the Whole Foods in Harlem at 125th as I type this.
posted by mollymayhem at 2:13 PM on January 22, 2019

Right. When I'm in Whole Foods and notice that they seem to have a lot of grapefruit out, I always check to see if they have any white grapefruit. I'd estimate that they do around 25% of the time. In that case, I always buy several so I can clarify/freeze the juice and make oleo-saccharum out of the peels.
posted by slkinsey at 8:06 AM on January 23, 2019