CHAPTER IX. 

 THE SHADDOCKS. 



The Shaddock was introduced into Barbados at an 

 early date and from there carried to the adjoining islands 

 and the adjacent mainland. Hans Sloane, in his work, A 

 Voyage to the Islands of Madeira, Barbados, etc. (Vol. 

 1, page 41, 1707), tells of the origin of the name and also 

 of the introduction of the shaddock into the Barbados in 

 these words : "The Seed of this was first brought to Bar- 

 bados by one Captain Shaddock, Commander of an East 

 India Ship, who touched at that Island in his Passage to 

 England and left its Seed there." The date, unfortunately, 

 is not given. A good illustration of the fruit and leaf is 

 given by Sloane. 



As a group, the shaddocks are not of any commercial 

 importance and but few trees are to be found either in 

 California or Florida. They are regarded somewhat as 

 curiosities. As an ornamental, the tree is of considerable 

 value, but the pomelo has the advantage of combining 

 utility with beauty. The fruit is used quite extensively 

 for decorative purposes by the Chinese, who an- 

 nually import thousands of them into California to 

 bedeck their homes and joss-houses for their New Year 

 festivities. To them it is known as gon lack and yu shu. 



As already pointed out .the pomelo and shaddock have 

 been regarded by some writers as one and the same fruit, 

 and though both have been placed with the sweet oranges, 

 they are, horticulturally, distinct fruits and belong to an 

 entirely separate species from the oranges. Botanically 



