1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKEK 
699 
Ruralisms 
The Jaboticaba. 
Bulletin 92 of the Office of Foreign 
Seed and riant Introduction discusses 
an interesting Brazilian tree with a pe¬ 
culiar habit of fruiting, shown in Fig. 
283, page 690. This tree, botanically 
Myreiaria cauliflora, belongs to the myr¬ 
tle family. Says the bulletin : 
Among the fruit trees cultivated in 
gardens about Rio de Janeiro the Jaboti¬ 
caba is one of the commonest, and cer¬ 
tainly one of the most beautiful. The 
largest trees are 30 to 40 feet in height 
and fully 40 feet in spread, with dense, 
umbrageous, dome-shaped heads of light 
green foliage. The individual leaves vary 
in size according to the variety, some be¬ 
ing three inches in length while others 
are not more than two, oblong-lanceolate 
in form, glossy, light green in color, usu¬ 
ally pink in the young stage. The trunk 
of the tree is oftentimes very large, one 
specimen that we measured being 80 
inches in circumference at the base, and 
usually branches close to the ground. 
The bark is smooth, grayish-brown in col¬ 
or, reminding one of the bark of the 
guava and other myrtaeeous fruits. 
The name jaboticaba is a Tupi word, 
spelled by some authorities jabuticaba ; 
this name is applied only to the fruit, the 
suffix “eira” being added to signify the 
tree, making the word “jaboticabeira,” or 
jabotieaba-tree. The name is usually pro¬ 
nounced here at Rio as though spelled 
ja-bu-ti-ca-ba, with accent on the fourth 
syllable. 
The tree flowers in May and June, and 
the fruit ripens in October and Novem¬ 
ber. As signified by the specific name, 
cauliflora, the fruits are produced on the 
old wood, and we have seen many trees 
whose trunks were literally covered with 
fruits down to within two or three feet 
of the ground. The fruiting is not con¬ 
fined, however, to the large wood, but ex¬ 
tends clear out to the ends of the small¬ 
est branches; the fruits are sessile or 
nearly so, and a tree covered with them 
from the ground to the ends of the small 
limbs presents a rather unusual appear¬ 
ance, to say the least. 
The fruits seen in the markets here 
vary greatly in size, but otherwise seem 
to be alike. A good specimen is an inch 
and a half in diameter, round or nearly 
so, and dark maroon-purple in color, 
greatly resembling in appearance some of 
the grapes of the Rotundifolia type. This 
resemblance extends to the internal char¬ 
acteristics of the fruit as well, the tex¬ 
ture of the flesh, its color and flavor, as 
well as the seeds, suggesting a grape more 
than any other temperate fruit. The skin 
is thick and very tough; it is broken by 
squeezing the fruit with the thumb and 
first finger, when the pulp slides out into 
the mouth and the skin is discarded. 
The pulp is translucent, very juicy, and 
of a subacid, pleasant flavor, with a rath¬ 
er peculiar “twang” which one is not 
sure to like at first, but which is very 
agreeable as soon as one becomes ac¬ 
customed to it. The seeds, one to four in 
number, are rather large and adhere 
closely to the pulp; the boys here seem 
to swallow them, but this may not be a 
very desirable proceeding from a physi¬ 
ological standpoint. The Brazilians 
seem almost passionately fond of this 
fruit, especially the children, who 
spend hours at a time under the 
trees hunting for the ripe fruits 
and then working them off with a long 
pole, if they are where they cannot be 
reached. 
Small Greenhouse. 
I was very much interested in the de¬ 
scription of a small and inexpensive 
greenhouse described by P. L. W , Michi¬ 
gan. page 517. for it is my intention to 
build something of the kind the coming 
Fall. I have 18 hotbed sash which are 
in good condition, and I thought that 
they would make all of the roof for a 
house about 12x30 feet by getting some 
small sash to be used for ventilators. 
There were one or two things wheh P. 
L. W. did not explain. What arrange¬ 
ment did he make of his smoke pipe? 
Was the stove set below the level of the 
path? About what size of stove would 
it require for a house the size I men¬ 
tioned above? Would it not be better to 
have the walls lower or the benches high¬ 
er, so that there would not be any bench 
space in the shade? I thought of having 
the roof six feet wide on one side and 
about eight on the other. My house 
would set very nearly the same as P. L. 
W.’s, but possibly not quite square with 
the different points of the compass. 
Madrid, N. Y. \v. H. b. 
W. H. B. can use his hotbed sash for 
a greenhouse roof, but they shut off a 
lot more light in the Winter than regular 
sash bars would. In the Summer this 
would be an advantage. Stove pipe to 
my stove runs up from stove to within 
a foot and a half of ridge, then west to 
the end and up into a five-foot galvanized 
stack. This stack is soldered to a pane of 
galvanized steel and is placed in the roof 
just like a pane of glass. Stove sets on 
level of path. I doubt if one stove would 
heat satisfactorily over a 12x20 house, 
and for this size I shall use an 18-inch 
stove the coming Winter. I now use 14- 
inch. In a 12x30 house I should use two 
10-inch stoves, one near each end, and 
fire each moderately. This would be much 
better than forcing one large stove in the 
center, and use no more fuel. We have 
a market gardener and plant grower near 
us who uses four such stoves to heat his 
60-foot house, and says he uses less fuel 
and with better results than formerly, 
when he tried to heat it with two stoves. 
If no bench space is wanted in the shade, 
a row of 18-inch glass can be put in tin- 
south wall just below the plate; 32 deg. 
is the standard pitch of greenhouses but 
many uneven-span houses are being built 
and used satisfactorily. P. L. w. 
Michigan. 
Dry Bordeaux; Burbank Plum. 
1. Your boys used dry Bordeaux on 
their potatoes. What do you think of 
its effieeney compared with the solution? 
Is it practical to dust more than a single 
row at a time? What is the formula for 
making the dry powder? 2. What can 
be done with the Burbank plum? The 
consuming public does not care for it in 
the natural state or preserved. How 
about making jelly of them, or evaporat¬ 
ing the fruit? F. w. ai. 
Massachusetts. 
1. We have tried dry Bordeaux several 
times. The weather condtions have much 
to do with its effectiveness. The best 
time to apply the powder is in the early 
morning of the bright day, when the dew 
is on the vines. When the powder is 
dusted carefully on such a day, the moist¬ 
ure dries, and the powder remains. Un¬ 
der such conditions we have found it very 
effective, when Paris green was mixed , 
with it, for destroying bugs. For pre- ' 
venting the blight, the powder has not 
been as effective with us as the liquid 
Bordeaux. In a very windy time, or 
where there are frequent showers, the 
powder does not appear to stick to the 
vines as well as the liquid. For low 
vines and shrubs, when the conditions 
are right, the powder is effective. For 
trees, and when a high wind is blowing, 
or with frequent showers, we have found 
the liquid more effective. 
2. We shall have to pass the question 
of what to do with the Burbank plum. 
We would like to hear from Mr. Burbank 
himself, or from some of his admirers. 
Grafting Cherry 
We have a sweet cherry, somewhat 
heart-shaped, beautiful clear red with 
one side of a pale amber color. Descrip¬ 
tion of Rockford resembles it most nearly, 
except that Rockford is said to be large. 
Ours is about the size of Early Rich¬ 
mond. ripens the latter part of July and 
fore part of August. Can this be grafted 
or not? If so. on what kind of stock? ; 
Our tree is giving signs of decay. Could 
they be grafted on Pigeon cherry tree? 
Oswego, N. . e. E. K. 
This may be the Rockport (not “Rock¬ 
ford”) cherry, but the name is of little 
consequence to the owner of this tree in 
view of the fact that it suits his uses 
well. It is not possible to name a variety 
certainly from meagre description. The 
proper way to get at the identity is to i 
send to the pomologist of the I*. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture at Washington, 
D. C.. for boxes and franks to enable the 
inquirer to send on specimens for exam¬ 
ination at the proper season, and it is pos¬ 
sible the correct name may be given. 
There need be no difficulty in propagating j 
from the tree by budding or grafting on I 
sweet cherry or Mazzard stocks. The 
wild cherries are none of them suitable 
for this purpose. One of the very best 
of the late sweet cherries is Schmidt, 
which can be bought from the nurseries, 
and I would advise planting some of the 
trees of it also, for it is excellent for 
market and house use. 
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Whitewash And Frost. —What is 
there to the advice to whitewash peach 
trees with lime spray in early Spring to 
avoid damage from frost? Whitening 
the trees in this way helps to some ex¬ 
tent. The lighter color of such trees 
means a slower absorption of heat, and 
thus the buds do not start and develop 
as rapidly as on the darker-colored trees. 
Growers who have tried this agree that 
if they can keep the white color on the 
trees they can hold back the buds and 
often save them from a late frost. The 
trouble is to keep the whitewash on the 
trees. It is too easily washed off by 
Spring rains, but when it can be kept i 
on the trees it will surely help to hold 
back the buds. 
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