SC - Grapefruit

[Kathleen M Everitt]

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997 20:06:08 -0400 (EDT) Uduido at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-04-23 19:33:55 EDT, you write:
>
><< Actually, the story that I heard was that they were discovered by 
>one of
> the 15th C. explorers (I forget at the moment which one) and he 
>called
> them "Grapefruit" because they looked like bunches of grapes. >>
>
>You are correct in assuming the Grapefruit got it's name from it's 
>growth
>habit. The fruiting cluster of a grapefruit tree does indeed look 
>similar to
>a grape cluster. As far as, the "periodness is concerned. I found the
>following quote on what is or is not period on the official SCA web 
>site:
>
>3.4 What is Period?
>The period (and place) of interest to the SCA, as defined in Corpora 
>and the
>By-Laws, is Western Europe and cultures that had contact with Western 
>Europe
>before the 17th Century.
>
>Interpret it whatever way you think is best. :-)
>
>Lord Ras
>

Understood. I'm one of the maniacs ..uh, people who can quote Corpora and
does, quite frequently! :-) 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?

Julleran