What Flavor is a pomegranate?

The average American has only tried one variety called "Wonderful" pomegranate. Just like the fruit color range can be so diverse, so can the flavor combinations be different in every pomegranate variety you try. While researching this, most of the descriptions usually give the flavor of the variety called "Wonderful". After much research, here is what I found. Here are a few flavor descriptions I have found of varieties that are out there.

Watermelon - Sirenevyi - Very soft seeded pomegranate with a complex flavor. Has a sweet taste reminiscent of watermelon. Large red fruit.

Wine - Parfianka - Soft seeded variety with a sweet tart balance. Large bright red skin with pink arils. Arils are very juicy with a wine like taste. Has been rated as one of the best tasting pomegranates in many taste test.

Citrus - Desertnyi - Soft seeded variety with an excellent sweet tart balance that has a citrus overtone. Skin is very light colored almost terracotta red. Arils are burgundy. Excellent desert flavor.

Fruit Punch - Sin Pepe - Also called Pink Satin - Soft seeded with light pink arils. Flavor has been described as fruit punch. Medium size with dark red fruit.

Lemonade - Gissarskii Rozovyi - Very soft seeded, sweet and mildly tart. One tester commented that it "tastes like lemonade with the perfect amount of sugar". Skin and arils are very light pink.

Grapefruit - Myagkosemyannyi Rozovyi - Very soft seeded. Pink fruit with white arils. Just like Gissarskii Rozovyi, but less sweetness and still good flavor.

Orange - Kolobok - Soft seeded small juicy arils. The juice yield is between 60 - 70 percent of the total fruit weight. It is light pink with a watery orange flavor.

Woody - Greenville Alabama Heirloom - Medium seeds with a taste very similar to the variety called 'Wonderful". Medium Red Fruit with red arils. The taste was good except the woody taste. I did not add it to my collection.

Boysenberry - Sejanec - A boysenberry flavor with hard seeds. This variety would make a good juice variety.

Fruity - Ariana - Soft seeded lots of juicy arils. Large red fruit with red arils with a sweet/tart taste. Is said to have a fruity flavor. Has been rated one of the best pomegranates in taste test. Loxley Alabama heirloom - Red large fruit with lightly pink medium/hard arils. Has a sweet/tart fruity flavor.

Berry - Hotuni Zigar - Huge beautifully shiny red fruit that can be 5' in diameter. Sweet/tart arils that have large medium/hard seeds making them an excellent juice variety. They are said to have a berry flavor.

Nutty - Myatadzhyi - Very soft seeded with ruby red arils. Fruits are large with a delicious sweet arils with a nutty tart aftertaste. Said to be heavy producer.

Flame Grape - Palermo - Very large red/yellow fruit with a red sweet/tart arils. Soft seeds with a flame grape flavor.

Cotton Candy - These varieties are all sweet with no acidity in them. Candy!!!!
Azadi - Very soft seeded. Medium sized peach colored fruit with pink arils that are very, very sweet juice.
Syunt - Very Soft seeded. Very large fruits with white arils that is very, very sweet juice.
Pink Tourmaline - Pink fruited very, very sweet medium fruit.
Stapleton Alabama heirloom pomegranate - Large Red fruit with medium arils. Pink arils with a very, very sweet taste. Very excited to find a local pomegranate that survives and produces in my climate.

Lastly, if you have any other varieties to add to this list, I would love to hear about them. Please share even if you are from somewhere else. Go explore the flavor of pomegranates!

Timeline PhotosFeb 11, 2016

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