Looking for Green Globe info

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Looking for Green Globe info

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Hi there!
I am looking for info about Green Globe.
Even photos of a ripe fruit would help. Not much I could find online.
Color, taste, seed softness, size, etc...

Thanks!
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I know very little is actually known about this cultivar and only a handful of nurseries carry it. It was selected by John Chater and is a medium to large sized pomegranate with average to sweet taste and hard seeds. They have a green hull hence the name and are known to split.

I don't think it will do too well in my zone but I'm taking a jab at rooting it this spring.
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Thanks! I was thinking to root/graft one but after reading that it’s mostly sweet and with hard seeds, I changed my mind. You cannot use its juice (will be like sugar water) and eating fresh is no fun ether. I think there are better varieties out there. Let me know if you like it, there is always a branch out there to be grafted :)
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Do you consider all sweet varieties are not good for juicing? I've never really tasted a sweet pomegranate. I'll do that! Worst case scenario I use it as rootstock lol
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They are not bad, just taste like sugar water, no acidity.
Imagine watermelon juice vs. apple juice or orange or something like that.
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I guess that depends on what you mean by 'sweet variety', there are sweet varieties with flavor and with acidity.
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I'm also looking for green globe and dpun 083. Where can I get cuttings from besides the ars grin? What nursery has them? I've seen green globe on the bonita creek website, but I'm not sure if they're defunct.
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I may have some extra DPUN 083 cuttings. I will look and see in a few weeks when I bring my plants outside. There are only a few reports on DPUN 083. DPUN 082 / Sin Pepe / Pink Ice is similar but produces more superior fruit. What sparked your interest in DPUN 083?
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I'm concentrating on collecting pomegranates of various colors and am trying to find green when ripe pomegranates. On the ARS GRIN website it is mentioned that they are greenish yellow with a pink blush. This is why I'm also looking for Green Globe. I know that there is one that you can eat green before it's fully ripe but I don't remember the variety.
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