oranges from a correspondent in Charleston, South Carolina , 1764. Thomas Jefferson planted pomegranates at Monticello in 1771: he had them from George Wythe of Williamsburg . [10] Insect pests of the pomegranate include the pomegranate butterfly Virachola isocrates and the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus .   Culinary use Pomegranate fruit,