Originally Posted by
stevechin
When I visit Asia, especially Hong Kong and China, I like to buy pomelos, where they're widely available. ... They're not exactly rare in the US, some supermarkets carry only a few, due to their lack of popularity. Most US supermarkets carry a slightly different variety that's more sour and I don't like as much.
The other differences seem to be that the sweeter ones are somewhat larger and more expensive. The less sweet ones run around $2 per fruit while the sweeter ones are $2/lb in parts of the US. I prefer the less sweet variety as they have a nice bite without being as sour as grapefruit.