A NEW ANN0MCEOUS FRUIT PROM BRAZIL . 
This interesting species, identified by Mr. W. E. 
Safford as Annona salzmanni , is known in the vicinity of 
Bahia, Brazil, where it is found, as araticum, a name 
which is applied indiscriminately to a number of annona- 
ceous fruits. It was described and named from specimens 
of foliage and flowers collected some years ago, but the 
fruit had never been seen by botanists and remained un- 
known until it was found near a small lagoon on the farm 
of Col. Demetrio Lui'z de Souza. at Bahia, by Messrs. Dor- 
sett, Shamel and Popenoe in 1913. Good specimens are fre- 
quently larger in size than the one shown in the photo- 
graph, and when ripe are light creamy yellow in color. 
The flesh is milky- white, very sweet in flavor, containing 
numerous seeds. It may prove of value in breeding annona- 
ceous fruits for tropical and subtropical regions, an im- 
portant field open to plant breeders which has as yet been 
scarcely touched. Photo No. 15433 by Dorsett and Popenoe 
at Lavras, Minas , Brazi} Jan. 12, 1914. 
