What does it take to make the perfect fruit? You might think that good soil, sunshine, rainfall, and a little TLC are all you need to produce esculent edibles, but you'd be wrong. In the past century or so, many of the most popular fruits were created through hybridization–which is the process of crossing different fruit species or varieties to create new ones. The grapefruit, tangelo, and Valencia orange are all hybrid fruits that have reached mass audiences. Then there's the Honeybell Orange. One of the rarest and most sought-after eating oranges on Earth, the Honeybell is a hybrid of…
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Continue ReadingDelicious low calorie grapefruit sorbet is the perfect summer treat. It's super tasty, and packed with healthy fruit and fruit juice without all the chemicals and fat that make ice cream such a decadent treat. You can have grapefruit sorbet for breakfast on really hot mornings, or serve it to the kids as an after school snack. Grapefruit sorbet is perfect for summer parties, especially birthday parties served with a chocolate cake. Best of all it's very easy to make a citrus sorbet, even if you don't have an ice cream maker. If you do have an ice cream maker…
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Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps your body with many common everyday functions. One great source of Vitamin C is grapefruit. The fact that it has this useful vitamin in it is just one of the many grapefruit benefits that people know about. How many times have you heard someone tell you to get some citrus and/or Vitamin C in your system when you become ill? This is especially true of head colds. But you do not have to limit yourself to just oranges. Another in a long line of grapefruit benefits is the ability to take the…
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Continue ReadingGrapefruit, like all citrus fruits, is full of Vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals that can boost your immune system and keep you healthy. However, unlike oranges or other citrus fruits, grapefruit contains enzymes and other components that can help prevent serious diseases. Eating grapefruit regularly can lower your risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and even some types of cancer. Simply eating a grapefruit once a day can lower your risk of some kinds of cancers by as much as sixty percent. Don't you want to reduce your risk of cancer by more than half? Of…
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Continue ReadingImage by exfordy via Flickr For many years botanists believed that the first grapefruit crops had been had been cultivated on the island of Barbados. The reason for this was simple–that was where Europeans first encountered the exotic new fruit. The year was 1750 and a Welsh scholar was documenting the fauna and flora of the islands when he came upon the new fruit. Years later, the grapefruit received its strange name based on that fact that it grew in clusters, like grapes. Shortly thereafter, botanists concluded that the grapefruit could not have originated in Barbados. After all, the grapefruit…
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Continue ReadingIf ever you ever had to name a “wonder fruit” it would be a safe bet to call out the grapefruit. A grapefruit is rich in a whole host of essential vitamins and minerals. In fact, one grapefruit alone delivers most of the vitamin C you need for a day. Vitamin C keeps the colds at bay. Instead of popping pills, pop a grapefruit because you'll be getting so many other benefits. Having a glass of grapefruit juice in the morning can go a long way towards preventing constipation for the rest of the day. Just before bedtime, having a…
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Continue ReadingImage via Wikipedia Farmers have been growing oranges in Texas for more than a century now. The famous fruit arrived in the Lone Star State at the end of the nineteenth century. And although they are not a top orange producer, Texas oranges are some of the most sought after on the market today. Let us take a brief look back at the origins of Texas oranges. The orange is one of the oldest fruits on earth. Most historians believe that it was first grown in ancient China four thousand years ago. Then, during the age of exploration, the orange…
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Continue ReadingHollywood Diet or the Grapefruit Diet played a big role in spurring the demand for grapefruit around the United States. Yes, Texas farmers were already producing this fruit as early as the 1920s and some of them even managed to ship grapefruit out but demand for this fruit was not really that high. In fact, only very few farmers ship grapefruit because it was not that saleable and very few people buy them. How grapefruit became an overnight hit? The emergence of a new variety of grapefruit probably triggered the increase in demand but it was not until the introduction…
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Continue ReadingThe discovery of the Ruby Red grapefruit in 1929 was directly responsible for the growth of the citrus industry in Texas. It also turned America into the world's top producer of the tasty breakfast fruit and inspired countless diet programs. What made the Ruby Red so special? Before it was discovered, the grapefruit was seen as too as sour for mass consumption. The pink and white varieties of the fruit were little more than minor crops in the citrus-producing states. But for some strange reason fruit farmers from Texas took a shine to the exotic island fruit. Even after it…
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Continue ReadingImage via Wikipedia Whether it's party time or time to send a gift, you can choose an edible arrangement that includes red grapefruit. Even if you aren't sure about the tastes of the person to whom you are sending the gift, you can still create an edible arrangement with small pieces of red grapefruit. The only occasion under which this would not be a good idea would be if the intended recipient had health conditions that preclude him or her from consuming any kind of grapefruit. Under those conditions you might still use the red grapefruit as part of your…