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The interior flesh is segmented and varies in color from pale yellow to dark pink. Grapefruit is a citrus hybrid originating in Barbados. Other significant producers include Vietnam, United States and Mexico. Grapefruit originated as a natural hybrid. Tree in this or any of our neighbouring Islands. Orange, in its delicious Taste and Flavour. Griffith Hughes, who described specimens from Barbados in The Natural History of Barbados.
In 1814, naturalist John Lunan published the term grapefruit to describe a similar Jamaican citrus plant. In 1830, the Jamaican version of the plant was given the botanical name Citrus paradisi by botanist James Macfadyen. The name grape-fruit was used more and more during the 19th century to refer to pomelos, to the consternation of some. The grapefruit was brought to Florida by Count Odet Philippe in 1823, in what is now known as Safety Harbor. Its true origins were not determined until the 1940s. An early pioneer in the American citrus industry was Kimball Atwood, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded the Atwood Grapefruit Company in the late 19th century.
The Atwood Grove became the largest grapefruit grove in the world, with a yearly output of 80,000 boxes of fruit. There, pink grapefruit was first discovered in 1906. The varieties of Texas and Florida grapefruit include: ‘Duncan’, ‘Flame’, ‘Henderson’, ‘Hudson’, ‘Marsh’, ‘Oro Blanco’, ‘Pink’, ‘Pummelo HB’, ‘Ray’, ‘Rio Star’, ‘Ruby Red’, ‘Star Ruby’, ‘Thompson’, ‘Triumph’, ‘Walters’, ‘White Marsh’. It was a limb sport of a ‘Thompson’ grapefruit selected by A. The ‘Thompson’ was a limb sport from a ‘Marsh’ grapefruit selected in 1913. Using radiation to trigger mutations, new varieties were developed to retain the red tones that typically faded to pink.
The ‘Rio Red’ variety is a 2007 Texas grapefruit with registered trademarks Rio Star and Ruby-Sweet, also sometimes promoted as Reddest and Texas Choice. The ‘Star Ruby’ is the darkest of the red varieties. Secondary producers were Vietnam, the United States, and Mexico. Grapefruits are one of the most common hosts for fruit flies such as A. The larvae of these flies then consume the fruit to gain nutrients until they can proceed into the pupae stage. Grapefruit varieties are differentiated by the flesh color of fruit they produce.