White Pomegranate

As children we could not wait for the pomegranates to be ready on our grandmother's tree. It was a magical thing, to open the hard red shell and find all the tiny juicy jewels inside.
When my sister called me to say she had found pomegranate trees, I was delighted that she would get one for me. This was in the fall of 2008. All the information told us we would not have blooms for probably three years, and fruit the year after the first blooms appeared.  We agreed it would be worth the wait.
At this time in my life, I was dealing with the fact that my husband was terminally ill.  We were thankful for every day God gave us.  To our great surprise, the spring of 2009 brought us two blooms on our tree.  My husband was delighted to see them.   In February 2010, my sweet Vic went home to be with the Lord.  In April, not only was the pomegranate tree in full bloom, but it set fruit.  I watched them bloom  and the fruit develop, but was puzzled when they did not turn red.  I found out that my blessed tree was a different variety from my grandmother's.  This is a white pomegranate.  I harvested seven in the first year of fruit.  The two trees my sister kept are on target to  be "normal" or "typical" or whatever term you want to give to the usual progress.  So far she has not seen a bloom. Her plants are about three feet tall.  Mine is at least 12 feet tall, and if all the fruit on it stays to ripen this year, it will  be more than a dozen.  The fruit is very sweet and juicy.  Pomegranates are one of the best sources of antioxidants, with the cancer fighting, heart healthy benefits of all the dark skinned fruits.  I call this my Blessed Tree.