Star Ruby Grapefruit – Red-fleshed grapefruit

Star Ruby Grapefruit – Red-fleshed grapefruit

€35.00
Tax included

Shipping: €13.90 for 1 plant, €18.90 for 2, €27.90 for 3 (Pickup point, one parcel). Free collection from the nursery, by appointment. Details

Star Ruby is a grapefruit with intensely red, juicy flesh and usually few seeds.

Rootstock and pot size : Poncirus 2.5L (€35.00)
Quantity

Delivery charges within France

1 plant23
Delivery to a DPD Pickup point€13.90€18.90€27.90
Home delivery, DPD Predict with time slot€20.90€27.90€36.90

Click & Collect - retrait à la pépinière: free of charge.

Shipping is charged per parcel, not per plant: several plants travel in the same box. Rates abroad and beyond three plants are shown in the basket, before any payment.

Hard-to-reach mountain villages carry a carrier surcharge of €8.48. It appears in the basket, before any payment.

We charge shipping at cost, with no margin added. If you know a cheaper option for your address, write to us — we are genuinely interested.

  • Dispatched on Mondays by DPD, to a Pickup point or to your door, in France and the European Union (Delivery)
  • Collection from the nursery possible, by appointment
  • Nursery in its final year of conversion to organic farming, inspected by ECOCERT (FR-BIO-01)
  • Mother plants regularly tested for tristeza
  • Need advice before choosing? Write to us

Star Ruby Grapefruit at a glance

TypeRed-fleshed grapefruit
Botanical name / groupCitrus paradisi ‘Star Ruby’
Indicative hardiness-7 °C — established, acclimatised plant, during a brief frost
UsesDessert fruit, juice

About Star Ruby Grapefruit

Star Ruby is a grapefruit with intensely red, juicy flesh and usually few seeds, sought after for its pigmentation and its balance of sweetness, acidity and bitterness. It suits growers who value pulp colour and can give it a favourable position and attentive care.

Star Ruby Grapefruit or another variety?

For similarly coloured flesh, Rio Red (pink to red flesh) is rated at -10 °C, against -7 °C for Star Ruby, the most frost-tender of our grapefruits. For pale flesh, see Marsh Seedless. To explore further, see our “Grapefruit” category.

Frequently asked questions

Does Star Ruby have seeds?

It usually has few seeds.

What colour is the flesh?

Intense red: this variety is chosen above all for the colour of its pulp.

What does it need to do well?

A favourable position and attentive care.

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Data sheet

Hardiness
-7 °C
Botanical name
Citrus × paradisi 'Star Ruby'
New variety
Yes
Ripening period
January / February
March to June
Rootstock of this plant
Poncirus
Rootstocks offered for this variety
FA5, Poncirus
Fruit use
Fresh eating
Juice / drinks

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