Shaddock

the handsomest tree of the orange group. It is a native of the Malayan and Polynesian Islands, and is cultivated in Florida, California, the West Indies, India, and other tropical and semitropical countries for its fruit, also called the shaddock. The tree attains an extreme height of forty feet. It has large ovate leaves and, like the orange, white flowers. There are several varieties. The fruit, which resembles the grapefruit, except that it is larger, weighing in some varieties as much as fifteen pounds, has a light yellow, in some cases a pink rind, which is very bitter. The pulp, which is arranged in sections like the orange, may be yellow, pink, green, or crimson. It is juicy, luscious, and refreshing, but is considered inferior to grapefruit. The fruit grows in clusters.