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Grapefruit: Origins



Ruby Red Grapefruit

Discovered as a bud mutation of Thompson (pink Marsh) in 1926 by A.E. Henninger at McAllen, Texas and was patented and named in 1934.

Marsh White Grapefruit

Origin as seedling from Duncan tree in Lakeland, Florida around 1860.

Flame Grapefruit

Origination from a seed collected by W.K. Wutcher in Texas in 1973 from the Henderson variety. A part of the USDA breeding program in Orlando, released