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Fresh now: white grapefruit

Robin Powell

Mouth-puckering acidity: Hunt down white grapefruit now.
Mouth-puckering acidity: Hunt down white grapefruit now.Supplied

In now

So many more of us prefer sweet ruby grapefruits to the tart white Marsh that growers are digging out or grafting over their remaining Marsh trees. Those who like the mouth-puckering acidity of traditional white grapefruit should hunt them up now.

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