The Forbidden Fruit

This is taken from Griffith Hughes book, "The Natural History of Barbados" p.g. 127. He discussed the grapefruit tree aka The Forbidden Tree and how the fruit from that tree tasted good. Fun Fact: grapefruit was known as the forbidden fruit mentioned in George Pinckard's book and was eaten by George Washington who stayed in Barbados years ago. The grapefruit is actually an hybrid of two fruits the sweet orange and the shaddock ot pummelo which was introduced to the Caribbean in the 17th Century. Today the grapefruit is produced worldwide in countries such as The United States and so on.

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Видео The Forbidden Fruit канала Leah Spooner