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Default Can you help me with what this fruit is?

Dora wrote:

> Jean B. wrote:
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>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
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>>> koko wrote:
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>>>> A poster on abf sited a wikipedia page showing a pomelo fruit. I'm
>>>> almost positive that's what it is.
>>>> Here's the inside. posted to abf also.
>>>> http://i26.tinypic.com/5v56bb.jpg
>>>> I was pretty sure the name the grower gave me started with a "p"
>>>> Dang, next time I'm writing things down.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, that's not a pomelo. Pomelo are citrus, and they're HUGE, about
>>> one-and-a-half times the size of grapefruit.
>>>
>>> Bob

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>>
>> Confirmed. Not a pomelo.

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> Some type of melon - judging by the seeds and the pithy interior?


I'm wondering if they're very smooth chayote (aka mirliton) ...