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Grapefruit

2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Grapefruit. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

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Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)

a dessert fruit, having the shape of an orange with the sourness and color of a mild lemon. The grapefruit is considerably larger than the orange. Its only claim to the name lies in the large clusters in which it hangs on the tree. A native of southeastern Asia, now cultivated in India, Florida, the West Indies , and California. The tree is somewhat larger than the orange tree. It requires much the same treatment but it is even more sensitive to frost. In Florida the fruit is known as the pomelo. The grapefruit is related to the lemon and the orange but it is not a cross between them. See Lemon ; Orange