Bul. 445, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE XVII. 
P14993FS 
THE ‘‘COUNTESS’S FRUIT” (FRUTA DE CONDESSA). 
This popular fruit (Rollinia deliciosa) grows wild near Rio de Janeiro, It is picked while still hard and 
piece and broughtintothe markets, whereit gradually assumes a bright-yellow colorand becomes soft. 
tcontains numerous dark-brown seedsabout thesize of an average bean, each surrounded by milky 
white flesh, which is sugary sweet and of good flavor. Photographed at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 
16,1914. (Natural size.) ; 
