I am in the habit of eating half a grapefruit each morning. 
This Sunday I sliced a fruit in half, and wandered onto the 
balcony with it. 
I noticed two thin white stalks inside the flesh; close 
examination revealed that each stalk had forked roots about 2mm 
long at one end, and tiny green shoots about 2mm long at the 
other end. Two seeds had sprouted within the grapefruit. I have 
poked holes (with a handy chopstick) into a tub of soil and 
planted the shoots. 48 hours later they are still alive. 
        I am puzzled, not at the shoots in the grapefruit - 
        presumably if heat conditions follow a suitable pattern, 
        the seed will germinate - but at the presence of green 
        shoots within the fruit. 
I'd thought of the centre of a grapefruit as being dark and 
quite devoid of cholorphyll. The fruit have been in my 'fridge for 
a week, although probably sitting on the store rack and perhaps 
in an open truck for many days before that. 
Has anyone else ever discovered green shoots within a fruit?
Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com    www.interlog.com/~cgreaves
 * 1st 2.00b #6263 * I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing.
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