Volume 47 Number 3 Article 1
Year 1993 Month 7
Title: 'Marsh' Grapefruit
Author: F.G. Gmitter Jr.
Abstract:
All of the commercially significant
citrus scion species are of Old World
origin, with the notable exception of
the grapefruit (Citrus x paradisi Macf.),
which presumably originated in the
Caribbean region in the 17th century
(2, 3, 9, 14). Grapefruit germplasm, in
the form of seed or young plants, was
introduced to Florida by Count Odette
Phillippi around 1823 (12). It was from
this original introduction that all of the
major grapefruit cultivars are believed
to be derived.
Seeds and budwood
were distributed throughout Florida
from Phillippi's grove, and the cultivar
'Marsh' originated from one of these
propagants.
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