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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Grapefruit
Message-ID: <356@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 21:57:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 21:57:41 1985
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>         The grapefruit is called a grapefruit because it grows in
>         bunches as grapes do.
> 
>         Jon

Well, I thought of that (I posted the original query), and I've
seen other articles and received mail saying this, but seeing as
I spent several months during 1972 picking grapefruit, I know
that they do *NOT* grow in bunches.  Grapefruit (or is it grape-
fruit*S*) grow like oranges--singly, at the ends of the short
stalks that held the flowers.  The surrounding branches have
long (up to an inch) thorns that tear your hands up.  Grapefruit
don't even appear to grow in bunches--to a kibbutznik, anyway.
But etymologists have vivid imaginations.
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