Photograph from Texas A&M Horticulture

After some blogs called Julie Henderson, a model who recently appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, unflattering things like a "high fallutin' call girl" and a "golddigger," her publicist sent out a press release informing us that she really isn't:

Julie Henderson comes from a good family. Her grandfather Samuel Henderson invented the Henderson grapefruit in the 1960's and built an empire in Texas . She has been modeling for the past 7 years and is an accomplished Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue favorite appearing in the issue 3 years in a row.

We were like, huh? You can invent a grapefruit? We looked into it, and as far as we can tell, it's kind of true. Maybe it was discovered and then patented, but hey, it's called the "Henderson grapefruit." Texas A&M Horticulture has this to say about the Henderson grapefruit:

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