PARENT TREE OF THE FOSTER PINK-FLESH GRAPEFRUIT 



This is thi- orJKiiKil tree from which the I'ostcr [)inl<-tK'shi'(l i;''.ipfliiiit w.is (icrived as a limb 

 sport. The hraiK h marked "j)ink" bears the piiik-Heshed fruits while the rest of the tree bears 

 Walters graj)efriiit, the ordinary variety. The tree is j^rowin^j at .Manavista, I-'lorida. Its pink 

 fruits, except for the coloring whieh is only in the dividinK membranes, do not differ in their 

 physical characteristics from the ordinary Walters variety, but they are found to mature earlier. 

 (Frontispiece.) 



