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is slow, from six to eight years being required for it to come into 

 bearing. While doubtless hardier than many of the strictly tropical 

 fruits, it withstands but little frost. Its advantage seems to be, how- 

 ever, that it thrives in regions where the winters are normally too 

 cool for the successful culture of such fruits as the jak {Artocarpus 

 i-ntegra) and the cashew, which come from strictly tropical regions. 



Its propagation seems to be exclusively by seed, though inarching 

 is said to be practicable. Some vegetative means of propagation must 

 be employed if improved varieties are to be established and perpet- 

 uated. 



THE CABELLUDA. 



This myrtaceous fruit (botanically Eugenia {Phyllocalyx) tomen- 

 tosa Cambess.) is not common in gardens around Rio de Janeiro, 

 although indigenous to the region. While an occasional tree is seen, 

 it does not compare in popularity with either the jaboticaba or the 

 pitanga. 



AMien well grown the tree is handsome and would be of value as 

 an ornamental alone. It reaches a height of 15 to 25 feet, with a 

 Inroad dome-shaped head of foliage. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches in 

 length and about 1 inch in breadth, oblong lanceolate, bright green 

 and slighth^ tomentose above, dull green and tomentose below. 



The name cabelluda is the feminine of the Portuguese adjective 

 meaning hairy and has reference to the downy tomentum present on 

 both the leaves and the fruits. The tree flowers in June and the 

 fruits ripen in October and November. They are sessile and pro- 

 duced on the small branches in great numbers, somewhat resembling 

 large gooseberries in appearance, but when fully ripe are bright 

 golden yellow in color. The largest specimens are slightly under an 

 inch in diameter, round or nearly so, and the skin is firm and tough. 

 The pulp is rather scanty, but juicy and of pleasant subacid flavor, 

 suggesting the May-apple {Podophyllum peltatum L.) of the United 

 States. The one or two large seeds are surrounded with coarse but 

 very short fibers. 



THE GUABIROBA. 



Another interesting myrtaceous fruit is the guabiroba {Cam/po- 

 maneHia fenzliana (Berg) (Jluziou), Avhose foliage is remarkably 

 similar to that of some of the European oaks. It is indigenous in 

 the forests of liio dc Janeiro State and is cultivated to a limited 

 <'xtent in gardens. 



The iiaiiK' giiiiljiroba is also applied, with various orthographical 

 changes, such as gahiiolKi and giiabiraba, to several other fruits of 

 the germs ('iiinpoiiuiiicsi!!. some of uliich are common on the campos 

 or open phiiris of Miiias (ieraes. 



