[Sca-cooks] Re: Grapefruit...

[Phlip]

How did it acquire its name? It certainly isn't much like a grape.....

Phlip



----- Original Message -----
From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
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Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Grapefruit...


> 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
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