The fruit of the Citrus decumana, the word decumana referring to its size, - immense. It is supposed to be the "forbidden fruit" and was introduced into the West Indies from China by an English sea-captain, Shaddock by name. It comes to us now from the West Indies and Florida chiefly, as grape fruit. The quality of the fruit is inferior: it is at once sour, bitter, and unpleasant, but has become popular to eat before breakfast as a peristaltic persuader, and is also used at ladies' luncheons, but is here dressed with sugar and sherry and other wines to make it palatable. The devil, I am sure, had something to do with the invention of this last concoction, and women are still using it to tempt their own sex, if not to tempt man.