UIL Listening skills "The Grapefruit"

Dr. Richard Henze of Texas A & I Citrus Center released the Star Ruby variety of grapefruit in...

• 1984

• 1970

• 1951

• 1962

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The first commercial shipment of grapefruit shipped from South Texas was packed in

• onion crates

• nylon net bags

• wooden boxes

• burlap sacks

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A scientist who studies fruit and nut trees is called a...

• nutologist

• citrocologist

• pomologist

• shadologist

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In 1750, Griffith Hughes described the grapefruit as the _____ of Barbados.

• forbidden fruit

• orange julius

• happy camper

• fruit of vine

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It is theorized that the grapefruit is a cross between a shaddock and

• a lime tree

• an orange tree

• a tangerine tree

• a grape vine

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The grapefruit seems to have originated in...

• Southeast Asia

• the West Indies

• Florida

• Mexico

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The first grapefruit grove in Florida was planted by a man named

• Dawdy

• McDonald

• Bowen

• Hill

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By the end of the 18th century, _____________ was the center of grapefruit cultivation.

• Jamaica

• Barbados

• Orange County, Florida

• South Texas

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The Texas State Legislature designated the red grapefruit as the official fruit of Texas in...

• 1984

• 1962

• 1993

• 2003

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Texas currently produces over_________ thousand acres of citrus fruit every year.

• 19

• 22

• 300

• 27

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