When many people hear grapefruit for the first time, they will ask, is it a combination of grape and grapefruit?

Actually, no, it is a super hybrid of the citrus family. It has nothing to do with grapes. The reason is that grapefruit fruits are often clustered into dozens of clusters and look like a bunch of grapes. skewers, hence the name grapefruit.

Friends who are familiar with citrus must have some understanding of the confusing blood relationship of this large family. For example, the popular tangerine in recent years is the "crystal of love" between Temple navel oranges and Dansi oranges. The grapefruit we are going to introduce today is even more incredible. Its parents are actually grapefruit and sweet orange.

The origin of grapefruit is somewhat legendary. It is said that after someone planted a mixture of Jamaican sweet oranges and Indonesian pomeloes on the island of Barbados, a natural hybridization occurred between pomelo and orange, and thus another species was added to the world—— Grapefruit.

Grapefruit is the second-best-selling fruit in the United States, but its sales in China are very small. This may be because there are many varieties of citrus fruits on the market, so their market status is low. Few people have heard of it. Some people say that grapefruit is Huyou.

You know the origin of grapefruit, but do you know its taste? The taste of grapefruit

There is no sourness of grapes at all, it is all the sweetness of oranges and the fragrance of grapefruit. After knowing about grapefruit, what people want to know more is how it tastes. Who can resist the temptation of grapefruit? The plump fruit is filled with sweet juice, and the super moisture bursts in your mouth. The freshness and sweetness flow down the throat and refresh the heart and spleen. Grapefruit is the best fruit to moisturize dryness in winter.

The tender pulp of grapefruit can be broken by a blow. If you were to peel an ordinary grapefruit, your hands might hurt and you would have to peel off a thick layer of white skin. Grapefruit is not difficult to peel at all. The thin skin is only about 3 mm thick and can be easily peeled off with bare hands.

Seeing this, do you want to ask whether grapefruit can be grown? Of course it is possible.