THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
GRAPE FRUIT AND SHADDOCKS. 
' ' !• uht that much confusion exists as to 
.rape fruit, as distinct from the alHed 
'""^ ider such names as pumelovv (invari- 
■^j rlie United States), shaddock, forbid- 
:it, and others. These fruits are all, 
lan the largest orange, and they are 
'^i- _ cll.m- color. In texture the rind may 
• ■" ^ : if'Iished. It is seldom rough, nearly 
always timi and not ver>- thick. The pulp is pale-yellow 
or greenish-white, sometimes pink or crimson. The juice 
bags of the pulp are more distinct than in the orange and 
very juicy, somewhat sweetish, with a distinct but agreeable 
bitter flavor. In shape these fruits vary a gwd deal. Some 
are quite globular, others somewhat flattened at the top and 
tapering below, forming a pear-shaped body. 
These fruits have been ranged under the giant citrus 
(Citrus dccwmma). This is supposed to be a native of the 
islanrls of the Pacific. It was introduced into the West Indies 
frnni Qiina about 150 years ago by Captain Shaddock, in 
compliment to whom, since that time, the fruit has always 
})een known in this part of the world as shaddock. The term 
shaddock may l>e correctly applied to any of the larger mem- 
bers of the giant citrus. The word pumelow. so widely 
used in India and Ceylon, is supposed to be a contraction of 
ponuiin melo, the melon apple. 
All the larger- fruited sorts may, then, be called either 
shaddocks or puraelows : these are merely the \\ estern and 
Eastern names for the same thing and are perfectly inter- 
changeable. There are two well-marked varieties, one beinff 
glnb.xse. with the flesh 
pear->har>€d, usually ^vith a deep-pin 
As regards the small-fruited soi 
Dr. James Macfadyen, the authn 
and the other 
