"giovani" wrote in message
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George W. Frost wrote:
"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
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We have just had a branch snap off our grapefruit, due to too many
fruit, and as they are almost ripe we decided to juice them. When we
cut the fruit open we noticed that this year they have at least 1/2 inch
(1cm for the young ones) of fluffy white pith between the skin and the
flesh meaning there is less flesh - last year it was only a very thin
layer.

Does any one know the real cause of this - I have heard it is due to too
much water ?

Cheers,
Geoff


Not ripe enough
leave them in the fridge for a month or so and the pith will lessen

eh??
Never heard this before
Are you taking the pith there George?
giovani

Not entirely Don, just through obversations made when I stored some oranges
in my fridge and forgot that they were there, then after two months, I found
them and the pith had almost entirely disappeared
and they were as sweet as....
but then again, my oranges are sweeter than any purchased at a fruit shop or
supermarket
then I tried the same technique to other citrus fruits
technique....I like that word, a discovery found by accident is more like it
Take it or leave it its up to you.....

frost alert for today