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delicious is highly esteemed by the natives, especially in the form of 
a doce or jam, when, as one writer says, “1t is a nectar.” 
In form the bacupari is ovate, rather sharp at the apex, varying 
in length from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half. The stem 
is 1 to 2 inches in length, rather stout. The tough, pliable, orange- 
yellow skin, about an eighth of an inch in thickness, surrounds the 
soft, translucent, snowy white pulp in which two oblong, elliptical 
seeds are embedded. In flavor the pulp is subacid, sprightly, sug- 
gestive of the mangosteen, to which it is distantly related. When 
fully ripe it is delicious. 
The tree is said to flower in December and ripens its fruit in Janu- 
ary and February. It is little known in cultivation. 
THE FRUTA DE CONDESSA. 
During March and April the fruta de condessa (follinia deliciosa 
Safford) is not rare in the markets of Rio de Janeiro. Large 
baskets of the fruit are shipped in from the near-by regions and 
offered alongside its relative, the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa L.), 
called locally fruta de conde, frequently at a higher price than the 
latter. 
In general form this fruit (Pl. XVII) is conical to cordate, some- 
times even oblate, and 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The surface is 
covered with conical protuberances arising from the carpellary areas 
and is creamy yellow in color. The skin is rather tough and not 
easily broken; it surrounds the milky white, somewhat mucilaginous 
flesh in which the seeds are embedded. ‘The flavor is sweet, and it 
is relished by the Brazilians, as evidenced by the quantity of fruit 
sold. The seeds are not as numerous as in many other annonaceous 
fruits and are about the size of an average bean. 
FRUITS OF THE HIGHLANDS AND SEMIARID REGIONS OF MINAS 
GERAES AND BAHIA. 
A large number of wild fruits are found on the rolling plains of 
the State of Minas Geraes, some of them having been brought under 
cultivation by the inhabitants of this region. In addition to the 
common fruits of the Tropics, the higher portions of Minas Geraes 
produce some of the European fruits and the North American grapes 
quite successfully. As there is an extensive demand for peaches, 
plums, apples, pears, and other temperate fruits in Rio de Janeiro 
and other large cities, the Brazilian Government has recently estab- 
- lished an experiment station in connection with the agricultural 
school at Barbacena (Pl. XVIII), where numerous varieties of all 
the more important temperate fruits are being tested in order to 
find which are best adapted to the region. 
