94 CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 
Citrus decumana Linn. 
The pomelo, or grapefruit, and shaddock are distinguished by the 
large size of both fruit and tree. The fruit of the pomelo is usually in 
large clusters (Fig. 64), hence the name grapefruit. The tree may reach 
one and one half feet in diameter and forty feet in height. The petioles 
Itc. 65—The shaddock (Citrus decumana.) Reduced. 
(After Lelong.) 
of the leaves are broadly winged. The large fruit is greatly prized by 
many for the morning meal. Many contend that the Florida pomelo is 
superior to that of California, while others say emphatically ‘‘no.’’ The 
fruit is very juicy, exceptionally flavored and is slightly bitter, which 
makes it more toothsome to many persons. In California it is a summer 
fruit, in Florida a winter and spring fruit. 
