The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-13
A BRAZILIAN LUXURY.

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Apt to XIII II Eaten and to Burn IL Ham
died, Yet Very Refreshing.
A Sun reporter found himself in q
crowd that stood staring into q fruit
store window the other day. In the
window, hanging by string, was some
thing that locked like big Bartlett
pear, except that its color was deep red.
On the big end Of tho fruit was pulpy
looking protuberanco. Flushing his way
into the store and pointing TO the
strange fruit in tho window, the re-
porter asked tho dealer: .
"What kind OF pear Is that?"
"It's no kind of a pearl replied the
fruit man.. "Its q Brazilian caju."
"Oh, indeedr' said the reporter.
"Yes.p replied the dealer. that's q
caju, and it's the only one in the city. i
guess. It's curious kind Of fruit, too,
for while 1t is one OF the most delight
fully cool and refreshing OF delicacies
II will make you dcathly sick, and may be
kill you, II you eat It. The Brazilian
caju wasn't made to be eaten. You have
To drink it to properly enjoy it"'
"AhF said the reporter. "What are
the habits OF this peculiar iruit2"
WELL" said the custodian Of tho
caju, "that one In the window Is what
they call garden caju because 1t is a
cultivated one. but II grows wild, very
wild. They make olaret wine out Of
the wild caju down In Brazil that the ma
tives dote on. II will stand you on
your head In less than ten minutes.
The cultivated fruit sonnet times turns
out red like that one, but 1t is also apt
to be yellow, and perhaps pink The
ways Of the caju are In no way In
fuenced by its color, though. A red
one can't discount pink one, and Q yell
low one is as much OF thoroughbred as
either OF the others. The pnlp Of the
most luscious orange isn't half as tempt
ing as the inside Of the caju, but the
caju pulp is poison. Juice Is what the
caju is for. I'll bot that red one yonder
has more than pint OF juice In ID, and
II you ever tasted 1t you'd meyer let go
until you engulfed the whole OF IL
There's nothing finer. The swell Bra
lillian sucks the Juice out Of a caju every
morning before breakfast 'fll ''l .
!. "what does the caju wear that ro-
sette for on It's big end2'' asked tho re-
porter. f.t ig v8lrs toniI
WELL that isn't exactly o rosette,"
replied the frpit-dealer, ''but 1t looks
tffre ono doean,t ita That In tha
seeds Of the fruit. They are put on
tho outside TO make room for more Juice
inside, I suppose, and for another very
important reason. II they grow on the
inside the sucking Of q caju would be
followed by the instant and complete
Annihilation Of the suckers stomach.
You can't sec tho soeds because they
are covered up BY pulp. That pulp has
. Juice of It's own, and wherever it hap
pens 10 touch your flesh big blister
will rise up and burrow Itself into the
nesh like the burning head Of q parlor
match. They don't seem 10 mind a
down in Brazil. though.v - -. -,
"Do you intend 10 introduce the catu
In our markets7" asked the reporter.
y swell, we had thought Of Il some.s :
said tho fruit dealer. s'but have On
idea that we cant hope 70 make 4 luxu-
ry popular up here thatis liable 70 XIII
you II you eat 10 and burn you up II you
handle n "a IKE, % have 4 qdbft ef
caju juies fight NOW, though. sii ~
same, IN. " Siih. s',,,.' ~ ~, ~