Ugli fruit

Native to Jamaica and also known simply as ugly (quite unfairly), this is a hybrid of the tangerine and the grapefruit. An ugli fruit can be as big as a pumelo (6 inches/15 cm in diameter and 2 pounds/910 g in weight). The “ugly” part has to do with the thick, baggy rind, which has the look of the shar-pei dog, the Chinese wrinkled dog with a pulled-up neck (much like a kitten pulled up by the scruff of its neck). The ugly is easily peeled and its segments are easy to separate. Its unique aroma and flavor hint at both orange and grapefruit. Although in limited supply, the fruit is available in stores from January to spring, usually with the slogan “I am ugly but good.”