THE JS^AVEL OEANGE OF BAHIA. 19 



digenous species of Psidium, known iis Araca do Rio, Araga cagao, 

 etc., are also g-roTrn to a limited extent. 



The pineapples of Bahia (called abacaxi in Portuguese) are justly 

 renowned; one author describes them as "mellow and overrunning 

 with juice of incomparable flavor." By the Brazilians they are con- 

 sidered inferior oidy to those of Pernambuco. During the height 

 of the season they are brought in boatloads across the bay from the 

 mainland and heaped up in large piles at the waterside or in the 

 markets. 



The jak of the Malayans {Artocarpus Integra (Thunb.) L. f.) , here 

 loiown as jaca (jack fruit), which, like the mango, was introduced by 

 the Portuguese in the early days, is not only eaten and appreciated by 

 the lower classes but when abundant is utilized as stock food. Cat- 

 tle appear to be especially fond of it. The dried pulp, candied, 

 wrapped in tinfoil, and packed in boxes holding about a pound, has 

 recently been put on the market. The fruta de pao, or breadfruit 

 {Artoca7'pus communis L.), is not as common as the jaca, or jack 

 fruit, but is grown in many gardens. 



Of annonaceous fruits there are several, of which the most im- 

 portant is the fruta de conde (AnnonU' squamosa L.), so named, it 

 is said, because of its having been introduced about the end of the 

 seventeenth century by the Conde (Count) de Miranda. The fruits 

 grown here are of large size and excellent quality. A rare species, 

 Annona salzmanni A. DC, usually known under the name of arati- 

 cum, was seen in several gardens near Cabulla and E.etiro. The 

 fruits are about the size of those of the custard-apple {A. reticulata 

 L.), with white, rather insipid flesh (PI. VIII). They are occa- 

 sionally sold in the market. 



A number of other important fruits are grown or occur wild in 

 the region about Bahia. These are described somewhat in detail, 

 since they deserve to be called more particularly to the attention of 

 American horticulturists. 



THE GRUMIXAMA. 



Among the cultivated myrtaceous fruits the grumixama or grumi- 

 chama {Eugenia domJjeyi (Spreng.) Skeels; Eugenia hrasiliensis 

 Lam.) is one of the most interesting. It is sometimes called the 

 "cherry of Brazil," a term which not inaptly describes its appearance 

 and taste. The tree, 20 to 25 feet in height, is shapely and attractive 

 in appearance, with ovate-elliptical, glossy, dcep-grcen leaves 2 to 3 

 inches in length. The small white flowcrs-'arG followed by pendent 

 fruits, round or slightly flattened, about three-fourths of an inch 

 in diameter, glossy, decj) c;rinison in color, crowned at the apex by the 

 [jcrsistent green sepals. 'J'bc thin, delicate skin incloses a soft, n)elt- 

 ing pulp of mild and agreeable flavor, strikingly suggestive of a 



