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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 
integra) 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 Hugenia (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. 
When 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 
broad dome-shaped head of fohage. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches in 
length and about 1 inch in breadth, oblong lanceolate, bright green 
and slightly 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 Li.) 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 (Campo- 
manesia fenzliana (Berg) Glaziou), whose foliage is remarkably 
similar to that of some of the European oaks. It is indigenous in 
the forests of Rio de Janeiro State and is cultivated to a limited 
extent in gardens. | 
The name guabiroba is also applied, with various orthogravhical 
changes, such as gabiroba and guabiraba, to several other fruits of 
the genus Campomanesia, some of which are common on the campos 
_ or open plains of Minas Geraes. 
