Fruit Maven » King Kong http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 King Kong Pluot http://fruitmaven.com/2009/08/king-kong-pluot/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/08/king-kong-pluot/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:48 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=161 If you look fabulous from far away but have absolutely no personality whatsoever, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE 4 out of 5 stars

Notably shiny and smooth, dark brilliant purple, no bloom, inside is a watery yellow

AROMA 2 out of 5 stars

Mild grassy smell

TEXTURE 4 out of 5 stars

Juicy and tender

TASTE 2 out of 5 stars

Mild and sweet, flavor is not very noticeable, grassy notes and a bitter, shocking peel. The flesh is very middle-of-the-road, not good not bad

OVERALL 3 out of 5 stars

This is definitely one of the prettiest pluots to look at and smoothest to touch but the inside was so ho hum I was bored and barely finished the review.

FRUIT

Pluot

VARIETY

King Kong

PEAK

May – Sept

ORIGIN

California

GROWN

California

PURCHASED

Farmer’s Market

NOTES

Pluots are a hybrid between plums and apricots with the majority being plum (often a ratio of 75%/25%).  Technically speaking, “pluot” is a registered trademark of Zaiger’s Genetics.

What is the difference between pluots and plumcots?

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