[Sca-cooks] Fwd: {OHG} kpNewsletter February 10, 2003(Thought you might find this interesting)

[Terry Decker]

I believe the most current opinion is that the grapefruit is a mutation of
the shaddock rather than a hybrid.

Bear

>FWIW, it was my understanding that what we call a grapefruit is a
>19th-century hybrid of the sweet orange and the shaddock or pomelo.
>Gerard, most likely, never heard of the grapefruit.
>
>Adamantius