Best grown in Zone 9 gardens, it loves a well irrigated loamy soil. Growing grapefruit from seed is not impossible, but it is arduous. It is of a medium size with a light pulp and 33-50 seeds.
The Triumph or Royal is also called the Isle of Pines grapefruit. The Thompson is a hybrid of the Marsh grapefruit and is grown to be buff colored inside and to contain a juicy pulp. Sweetie grapefruits are a hybrid developed in the 1980s to be the sweetest variety. It has more sugar and acid than the Ruby Red. The Star Ruby has a yellow peel but a deep reddish pulp. It has become famous as the grapefruit from the Texas Rio Grande Valley. 
It can grow quite large and has a blush to the rind. The Red Blush or Ruby Red grapefruit is a sweet tasting fruit.The Paradise Navel is a hybrid developed in 1976 and is oblate in shape.It is easy to peel and is very hardy, thriving even at slightly below freezing temperatures. This grapefruit is adapted from the Marsh but has a larger hole in the center. The Oroblanco means “white gold” in Spanish.It also is about a medium size and grows late into the season. The Marsh is a “seedless” grapefruit that is more yellowish.It is tender and juicy, but may contain as many as 50 seeds inside.
The Foster is a pinkish grapefruit that is medium in size. There are tons of grapefruit varieties, and some are listed below. Some grapefruit have been growing in the USA for 150 years or better. California, Texas and Florida are world renown for their groves, but it originally came from Barbados where grapefruits were dubbed “the forbidden fruit”. Grapefruit are tropical plants that only thrive in warm days and nights.
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