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from four to six inches long and about a couple of inches 
across, but people generally do not wait until they are 
full grown but begin to eat them when young so that the 
whole pod can be used." (Kin.) For distrloutlon later. 
Eugenia klotzschiana . (Myrtaceae . ) 37392. Seeds of 
the pera do campo from Lavras, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 
"Cabacinha do campo or pera do campo. A pear shaped, very 
fragrant fruit produced by a small wiry shrub occasionally 
seen on the campo here. The plant grows to a height of 4 
or 5 feet under favorable conditions, with very few 
branches; when growing on land that is pastured it grows 
only two feet high, with many unbranched stems arising 
from the ground. The leaves are oblong lanceolate, rather 
hard and tough, tomentose beneath, and alternative. The 
fruits are strikingly similar in appearance to a small 
russet pear. They vary from 2 to 3 inches in length, and 
are russet brown in color, with a thick tomentum on the 
surface, the skin is thin and surrounds a whitish, very 
juicy and aromatic pulp, so fragrant that its odor can be 
detected several yards away. The flavor is rather acid 
but very aromatic. The seeds vary from 1 to 3 or 4, and 
are oval or somewhat Irregular in shape, about one-half 
inch in diameter. The proportion of seed to flesh is 
small for a wild fruit. The season is said to be November 
and December; there are very few fruits left now (January 23). 
A very superior doce is said to be made from this fruit, 
which seems on the whole unusually promising for trial in 
the mildest parts of the United States." The botanical 
determination of this fruit was not certain when the first 
page of this bulletin was printed. (Dorsett, Popenoe and 
Shamel introduction.) For distribution later. 
Garcinia vidalii. (Clusiaceae . ) 37381. Seeds of the 
libas from Manila. Presented by Mr. 0. W. Barrett, Chief, 
Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. "This 
characteristic species of Garcinia is a native of the 
Province of Rizal, Luzon. It is easily recognized by its 
rather large, numerously veined leaves which are broadly 
rounded at the apex and frequently retuse. It is a tree 
attaining a height of about 12 meters, the branches and 
branchlets being stout and somewhat angular, brownish or 
yellowish, rugose when dry. The leaves are opposite, and 
obovate or elliptical-obovate , 15 to 25 cm. long and 6 to 
14 cm. wide. The flowers are 5-merous, the staminate ones 
with stout, 4-angled pedicels about 5 mm. long. The fruit 
is fleshy, greenish and smooth when fresh, subglobose, 5-6 
cm. in diameter. Edible." (Merrill in Philippine Journal 
of Science, vol. 3, p. 361, 1909.) For distribution later. 
