# Ugli Fruit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336 "2000-08-06T17:21:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![madd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@madd1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madd1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/1 "2000-08-06T17:21:59Z")

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Just what is Ugli friut? Is it new breed, or is it just new to the American market?  
On the net some say it’s a tangerine and grapfruit mix. While others say it’s an orange and tangerine mix.

BTW: It is good,it tastes like all of the above, oranges, grapfruit and a tangerines.

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/2 "2000-08-06T17:24:25Z")

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i believe it can be either tangerine or mandarin orange, mixed with grapefruit.

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/3 "2000-08-06T17:25:44Z")

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look here:

[urlhttp://www.ugli.com/home.html

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**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/4 "2000-08-06T17:26:50Z")

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[http://www.ugli.com/home.html](http://www.ugli.com/home.html)

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**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/5 "2000-08-06T17:27:08Z")

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At least someone answered before this got Ugli :D. I have never heard of the Ugli fruit, but it sounds good!

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/6 "2000-08-06T18:53:57Z")

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> This tangelo is a variety of citrus fruit grown exclusively in Jamaica and exported by Trout Hall Ltd. to markets all over the world

got a … slice of that market, Kilgour?😃

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/7 "2000-08-06T18:55:14Z")

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sorry about the spelling Kilgore!

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugli-fruit/28336/8 "2000-08-06T23:00:27Z")

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We’ve been here before, too:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14628](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14628)