- [Narrator] Sometimes I
like to mix fruit flavors when ordering an ice cream. Cherry and apple go great together. But that's about as scientific as I get. However, many scientists
have selectively bred different fruits together to produce some amazing hybrids. Some are available at local supermarkets, while other have been taste tested by dozens of people. Prepared to be amazed by this list of the top 15 strangest hybrid fruits. - Amazing! - Number 15, blood limes. Blood limes may sound like the title of a slasher film set on a citrus farm, but in reality they're a cross between a red finger lime and
an ellendale mandarin. The ellendale mandarin is itself, an hybrid of an orange and a mandarin, so the bloodline in a hybrid of a hybrid. The fruit inside is red and fleshy and the taste is sweeter
than a regular lime. It's acidity makes it a good choice for cooking in to sauces. Number 14, rangpur or kassia lime. Next we have another citrus hybrid. The rangpur or kassia lime. This is a combination of
lemon and mandarin orange. Although it called a rangpur lime, it actually has nothing to do with lime. As you can see, many
people enjoy it in drinks. Although the rangpur is not a lime, it can take the place of
that fruit with tequila, as you can see here. It's also very sweet and can be enjoyed
without alcohol as well. Number 13, orangelo. The orangelo, not to be
confused with orange jell-o, is a combination of an
orange and a grapefruit. This one wasn't engineered, but spontaneously appeared on Puerto Rican coffee plantations and was discovered in the 1950s. Orangelos are much sweeter than
the typical sour grapefruit, so you can eat it with a spoon, but you don't need to
sprinkle it with sugar. Number 12, ugli fruit. When I think of ugli fruit, I think of that orange
I found covered in mold at the back of my fridge once. As hideous as that was, it's not what a grocer means when he says he stocks ugli fruit. Also called the pomelo, its a combination of a tangelo, a tangerine and a grapefruit, crossed with a seville orange. It has a lumpy yellow rind, but its a good flavor for
people who like grapefruit, but wants something sweeter. Number 11, tangelo. The tangelo is a hybrid of a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit. It's often mistaken for an orange due to its bright orange color, but it has a sort of
distinct knob at the end, giving it a different shape. Tangelos are sweet, but have a tart aftertaste due to the influence of the grapefruit. However, due to the sweetness, they're also sometimes called honeyballs, which brings to mind a combination I really don't want to think about. Number 10, jostaberry. Never heard of the jostaberry? Neither had I. Probably because it hasn't been harvested on a commercial scale in more than three decades. This rare combination of a
gooseberry and blackcurrant is difficult to produce, as the bushes prefer a cold winter and are vulnerable to the
gooseberries natural enemy, the sawfly. If they do survive, they often don't produce
fruit for four or five years. So many people give up
trying to grow them. And they aren't quickly
profitable for farmers. Number nine, peacotum. This hybrid fruits that has the texture of a peach tastes like the mixture
of a plum and apricot. Developed by Zaiger's Genetic it took more than 10 years
to come into fruition. The company used natural methods, not genetic modification, to produce several varieties of the fruit. Many tasters say that all
three flavors can be tasted if a peacotum is picked near
the end of its ripening cycle. However, other say they only taste the plum
and apricot elements. Number eight, oroblanco. With it's green and white color scheme, green on the outside
and white on the inside, the oroblacno looks like a bleached lime. But it's actually a pomelo and lime mix. The name means white gold and sometimes the rind may be more yellow. But usually it has a greenish hue. It's often lauded for
having an ideal balance of sweetness and tartness, but had a rocky beginning
when it was first introduced by California farmers in the '80s. When picked early in the season, the rind is mostly green and this was a turn off
for grapefruit buyers back in the days of big hair. But since then, Israeli farmers have started growing it and use the green color
as a selling point. Number seven, lemonimes. Sometimes I wonder where
Sprite and 7-Up come from. It turns out there is a tree that grows a lemon-lime flavored fruit. The lemonime. Behold, a 7-Up tree. Well, not quite. This fruit is a cross
between lemon and limes, but not unfortunately
carbonated beverages. The neck is long and small, giving the fruit a gourd like appearance. It also has very dry flesh, so not actually good for making drinks. Maybe that's why lemon-lime soda is the only hybrid of these fruit flavors that's actually caught on. Number six, pineberry. If I had to guess what a pineberry was, I'd probably guess it was a cross between a pinecone of some sort and some sort of berry. But id be wrong. This fruit looks like
an anemic strawberry. A very pale, almost white shade of pink. It's actually a cross between the common strawberries
you see at the store and a variety of strawberries grown in Hawaii and Pacific Coast areas. Apparently the taste is most
reminiscent of pineapple. Number five, tayberry. A combination of blackberry
and red raspberry, the tayberry is not
something you often see in the produce aisle. Although it has a sweet tart flavor and high levels of pectin, a substance that makes it popular for jam, it is also difficult to produce. The berries aren't easy to pick by hand and can't be machine harvested. Another combination of the
blackberry and the red raspberry, the Logan berry is more
commonly seen in stores. Number four, mandarinquat. Mandarinquat doesn't just roll
off the tongue like kumquat, but it is a combination of
the mandarin and kumquat. Like the latter, the entire fruit can
be eaten, peel and all. However, the rind is crunchier and the fruit has a lot of small seeds. With their sweet flavor,
they can be eaten raw or cooked in sauces,
purees and preservatives. Number three, limequat. This one is a lime and kumquat hybrid. It looks a lot like a
small oval shaped orange with greenish skin. However, the taste has a
strong tart key lime flavor and it can be eaten whole using jams or even paired with main courses, like chicken or fish. Number two, pluots or plumcots. On first glance, the pluot or plumcot looks like a regular plum. However, when you cut one open, you can see that the
inside is soft and grainy, unlike the firm flesh of a plum. The combination was first
created more than 100 years ago and was then a 50-50 combination
of the plum and apricot. Horticulturalist, Luther
Burbank, called it a plumcot. Later, a man named Floyd Zaiger bred the plum and plumcot together to fruit that was 3/5
plum and 2/5 apricot. Demand for pluots has
increased in recent years and you've probably eaten
one without knowing it. Often stores fail to
label pulots correctly and customers think they're
buying regular plums. Before I reveal the most amazing example, I'd like to remind you to
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some amazing new information. Also make sure to hit that bell icon to be part of the notification squad. Number one, lemato. This one has come about because some scientists in Israel decided these were the two
perfect fruits to combine. The transgenic lemato also contains a gene that causes it to give off
scents of both lemon and rose. It has less lycopene
then regular tomatoes, a compound known for
reducing the risk of cancer. But on the upside, it also has a longer shelf life. In a taste test, 49 our of 82 people preferred the lemato to an unaltered tomato. Genetically modified tomatoes are not currently sold
in the U.S. or Europe, making the lemato something
few people have tasted. Which of these fruit
hybrids amazed you the most? Also what bizarre fruit
combinations would you like to see? Let me know in the comment
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