Good old Grapefruit

First of all, it is said that grapefruit got its name because grapefruit grow in clusters on the tree, like grapes on a vine. But I don’t know if ‘grape’ is the first thing I think of when I see a heavily laden grapefruit tree – you’d think it would have been named after the unique, quite bitter flavour rather than a tenuous similarity.

The grapefruit belongs to the citrus family and is a cross between the orange and