The tangelo is the result of fertilization of grapefruit flowers with mandarin orange pollen.5
Half of a grapefruit provides all the vitamin C the body needs for one day.5
Pomelos, or Chinese grapefruits, are the largest citrus fruits.5
Grapefruits that are heavy for their size and have thin skin are usually the juiciest and best quality.5
A Frenchman, Count Odette Phillipe, planted the first grapefruit trees in Florida in 1823. Today, Florida produces about one third of the world’s grapefruit.6
Some mature grapefruit trees can yield up to 1,500 pounds of fruit in a season.6
The ruby red grapefruit was a chance mutation discovered on a McAllen, Texas, farm in 1929.6