FRUITS OF THE MYRTLE FAMILY 



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Pera do campo (Eugenia Klotzschiana, Berg) (Fig. 40). 



This is a rare eugenia from the campos or rolling plains of 

 central Brazil (Minas Geraes), which has recently been intro- 

 duced into the United States. It is slender in habit and grows 

 not more than 4 or 5 feet high. The leaves are lanceolate, 3 to 

 5 inches long, hard and brittle in texture and silvery pubescent 

 on the lower surface. 

 The pear-shaped, downy, 

 golden-yellow fruits, 2 to 

 4 inches in length, ripen 

 in Brazil from November 

 to January. They have 

 soft, juicy, acid flesh, and 

 are highly aromatic in 

 odor and flavor. The 

 seeds, one to four in 

 number, are irregularly 

 oval in form and small 

 in size. 



Pitomba (Eugenia 

 luschnathiana, Berg). 



This is a fruit-tree 

 found wild and culti- 

 vated in the state of 

 Bahia, Brazil. It attains a height of 25 to 30 feet, and is of 

 handsome appearance. The leaves are lanceolate, 3 inches 

 long, glossy and deep green on the upper surface, light green 

 below. The fruits are broadly obovate in form, 1 inch long, 

 with the apex crowned by four or five green sepals \ inch 

 long. The color is bright orange-yellow. The skin is thin, 

 and the flesh soft, melting, juicy, with an acid, highly aromatic 

 flavor. The seeds, commonly one but sometimes as many as 



The per* do c*mpo (Eugenia Klotz- 

 schiand). (X f) 



