good things about Texas

Originally posted by zeeblebot
Ruby-red grapefruit (the state fruit).

http://www.texasweet.com/texascitrus/grapefruit.html

"The first commercial shipment of citrus - packed in onion crates - left the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas in 1920. It was about the time of the great stock market crash in 1929 when an accidental discovery of red grapefruit growing on a pink grapefruit tree gave rise to the Texas Red Grapefruit Industry.In the late 1920's and early 1930's redder bud mutations were found in numerous groves. Each new finding was named for the grower who found it.

With several red grapefruit varieties and names being shipped commercially, keeping track of it soon became a marketing problem. So all the red varieties of fruit started being marketed under the name "Ruby". The "Ruby" Red Grapefruit was the first grapefruit to be granted a U.S. patent. Following freezes in 1949, 1951, and 1962, Texas eliminated its white and pink varieties, and set out to establish its reputation for growing the red grapefruit. During the 1970's, several important mutations found on the "Ruby" trees produced fruit even redder than the 1929 Ruby Red grapefruit. Each finding again took the name of the grower who discovered it.
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Originally posted by monster truck
Johnson Space Center!😲

that's a cool place! 🙂

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Center_Houston

Originally posted by slimjim
It's the home of that magnificent Slimjim.

Wow two slimjims!

Originally posted by Seitse
Amen.

And Texas-size burgers also, compadre.

...with chili, jalapenos, avocado and Monterey Jack cheese. *It goes without saying that the above burger must be served with nachos or cheddar fries and washed down with a Shiner Bock or Dox Equis beer.