Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . Fig. 25.—Grape-fruit, as sold in New York. Diameter. 5 inches; weight, 31 ounces:juicy, thin-skinned, excellent flavor. The pulp is pale yellow or greenish white, sometimes pinkor crimson ; the vesicles of the pulp (juice bags) are moredistinct than in the orange; very juicy, somewhat sweetish,with a distinct, but agreeable, bitter flavor. The pith sur-rounding the segments possesses more of the bitter thanthe pulp, but is less agreeable, and on that account is nevereaten. In shape these fruits vary a good deal. Some ar
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . Fig. 25.—Grape-fruit, as sold in New York. Diameter. 5 inches; weight, 31 ounces:juicy, thin-skinned, excellent flavor. The pulp is pale yellow or greenish white, sometimes pinkor crimson ; the vesicles of the pulp (juice bags) are moredistinct than in the orange; very juicy, somewhat sweetish,with a distinct, but agreeable, bitter flavor. The pith sur-rounding the segments possesses more of the bitter thanthe pulp, but is less agreeable, and on that account is nevereaten. In shape these fruits vary a good deal. Some arequite globular, others somewhat flattened at the top andtapering below, forming a pear-shaped body. Even in theglobular fruits the top is more or less flattened. There arenone, I believe, pointed at both ends. Having indicated the general characters of this class ofCitrus fruits I may venture on a brief sketch of their originand history. It is agreed by all authorities that these fruitsare quite distinct from the other groups of the Orange. Fig. 24. -Pumelow or Shaddock, pear-shaped fruit. Diameter, 5 inches ; length,6 inches ; weight, 32 ounces ; flesh pinkish, fla\ or fairly good. dock, Forbidden-fruit, Paradise-fruit and others. The chiefcharacteristics of all these fruits distinguishing them from * It is so called because the fruits grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes,t It is invariably spelled Pomelo in the United States.
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