Word: lue
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Died. Lue Gim Gong, 70, Chinese-American fruit expert, credited with having originated two of the best-known varieties of grapefruit and oranges in the world; in Deland, Fla. Aged 12, he came to the U. S., was adopted by two wealthy Baptist women, was converted. He inherited from these women an orange grove in Florida, began his experiments. He worked in seclusion, held prayers in his private chapel. Others benefited by his researches and Gong died a poor man. Said Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor: "The orange growers of the United States should build a monument to his memory...