[Sca-cooks] Re: Grapefruit...

[Decker, Terry D.]

The grapefruit, once believed to be a mutation of the pummelo, is now
considered to be an accidental hybrid between the pummelo and the orange.
Since, the pummelo was only introduced to the Caribbean (from Polynesia) in
1696, the 150-200 lead time you suggest is a low order probability.

Bear

> At first glance, it says:
> "The grapefruit was first described in 1750 by Griffith
> Hughes who called
> it the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados."
>
> Which to me only means that it was first written about in 1750 by
> europeans.  To me, it doesn't mean that they didn't exist
> 150-200 years
> prior to that.  Of course, showing evidence of its existence
> prior might be
> a problem, but then, disproving its existence might be just as hard.
>
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd