Bud-Sport Origin of New Pink-Fleshed Grapefruit 197 



A PINK-FLESHED MARSH GRAPEFRUIT 



The Marsh pink grapefruit originated as a bud-sport at Oneco, Florida. In this fruit the color 

 occurs in the pulp itself and not in the inner rind and attached membranes, while in the Foster 

 grapefruits and in the Riverside strain of the pink Marsh, the color is only in the separating mem- 

 branes and inner rind. (Fig. 2.) 



a tree apparently of the Marsh seedless 

 variety. On cutting one of the fruits 

 he found it to be pink-fleshed and seed- 

 less. He knew at once that it must be 

 something unusual, as he was already 

 familiar with the other known pink 

 grapefruits, the Tresca and the Foster. 

 (The Tresca, an inferior sort, is gener- 

 ally believed to be a hybrid between 

 the pink shaddock and the true grape- 

 fruit.) 



On further investigation, Mr. Collins 

 found that the other two branches of 



the tree (on the north and east) bore 

 typical Marsh grapefruit, white-fleshed 

 and practically seedless. Only the 

 south branch bore the pink-fleshed 

 fruit. Calling the attention of the 

 owner of the grove to this unusual 

 specimen, it was decided that the new 

 fruit was worthy of propagation, and, 

 in order to increase the amount of 

 available budwood of the pink variety, 

 the north and east branches (bearing 

 typical Marsh fruits) were pruned off^. 

 The one branch remaining was the 



