AuRANTiUM Pomelo. 



THE POMELO, SHADDOCK OR GRAPE-FRUIT. 



Citrus Aiu'iiiitiuiii , \ AR. (Iicuiiuiiia and pomelaiia. 



Shaddock was the name of a captain who first 

 introduced the species into the West Indies. The 

 names pomelo and grape-fruit are probably local 

 names given it since it came to Europe. The name 

 grape-fruit probably comes from the manner in which 

 the fruit is born on the tree. It hangs in clusters, like 

 the grape, twenty or more forming a bunch. The 

 amount of fruit a tree will produce is surprising. 



There are three distinct forms of shaddocks. The 

 largest form is called pomelo, then comes the shaddock, 

 and the smallest, the grape-fruit variety. Another va- 

 riety is called pink shaddock, from the red color of 

 the fruit. I am at a loss to know whether this was 

 one of the distinct forms imported by Captain Shad- 

 dock, for De Candolle, in his "Origin of Cultivated 



HE SHADDOCK has been dis- 

 tributed over a very w i d e 

 range of country. Seeiiian 

 says that it is " extremely 

 common about the Fiji Isles, 

 covering the banks of the 

 rivers." De Candolle says 

 "III China the species has a 

 simple name, Yu, but its written character appears 

 too compUcated for a truly indigenous plant." It 

 is said to be common in China and Cochin China, 

 and also remarked that in the islands to tlie east 

 of the Malay Archipelago, the clearest indications 

 of its fornit r existence in a wild state are found. 



