SC - FACTS_Grapefruit

[Kathleen M Everitt]

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:17:43 -0400 (EDT) Uduido at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-04-24 09:36:45 EDT, you write:
>
><< The question is...was grapefruit discovered
> by a 15th C. explorer like I heard, or a 19th Century hybrid like
> Adamantius heard. Do you know?
>  >>
>
>It appears as if both of the above are wrong! :-0 The following was 
>taken
>verbatim from "Fieldbook of Naturqal History" , ed. Palmer/Fowler, 2nd
>Edition, pg. 228:
>
>"Native of Asia, but planted widely particularly in Florida, 
>California,
>Texas, and Lousiana..............Introduced commersially into the 
>United
>States in 1809............"
>
>It goes on to say that the pink-fleshed type, Thompson and Foster 
>varieties
>have been developed since then.
>
>What a hoot! Who'd have tho't! :-)
>
>Lord Ras
>
>
So maybe that 15th C. explorer I heard about saw them on a trip to the
East?! I wish I could remember where I heard (or read) that tidbit! But
if grapefruit are native to Asia, then they would probably have been
imported along with spices, silks and other interesting items? So it
looks like the yellow variety are okay, but not the pink. Well,
Adamantius and I were both right - kind of! :-) Any other ideas?

Julleran (who still likes candied grapefruit peel - even the pink kind.)