. Birds and nature . m Shaddock, has been ex-plained and in recent years is chieflyapplied to the pear-shaped forms, usedonly for ornamental purposes. TheFrench call it the Pampelmous and theItalians, the Arancio. For some reason,the long-suffering name of ForbiddenFruit has been bestowed upon it. Theterm Grape Fruit, however, is derivedfrom the fact that the fruit grows inclusters of from three to fifteen, therebysuggesting clusters of grapes. Onevariety of the Grape Fruit is peculiar inhaving a red pulp; another known as theHog Shaddock is probably a hybrid be-tween the Shaddock and the citr
. Birds and nature . m Shaddock, has been ex-plained and in recent years is chieflyapplied to the pear-shaped forms, usedonly for ornamental purposes. TheFrench call it the Pampelmous and theItalians, the Arancio. For some reason,the long-suffering name of ForbiddenFruit has been bestowed upon it. Theterm Grape Fruit, however, is derivedfrom the fact that the fruit grows inclusters of from three to fifteen, therebysuggesting clusters of grapes. Onevariety of the Grape Fruit is peculiar inhaving a red pulp; another known as theHog Shaddock is probably a hybrid be-tween the Shaddock and the citron orlemon. The fruit of the Hog Shaddockis watery and exceedingly unpalatable. The trees of the Grape Fruit are notas liable to disease as are the orangetrees. Insects and scales do not attackthem to any material extent and thisimmunity, together with the advantageof being able to raise the trees fromseeds, has tended to the development ofmany varieties, some of which are ofgreat commercial value. Charles S.
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