Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-09
a BRAZILIAN LUXURY.
Apt to Kill II Eaten and to Burn n Han
died, Yet Very Refreshing.

Apt to XIII II Eaten and to Burn n Han
died. Yet Very Refreshing.
A Sun reporter found himself in a
crowd that stood staring into a fruit
store window the other day. In tho
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 o pulpy
looking protuberance Pushing his way
into the store and pointing to the
strange fruit in the window, the re-
porter asked the dealer:
What kind of pear is that?"
Its no kind Of q pear" replied the
fruit man. Its Brazilian caju."
"Oh, indeedr said the reporter.
EYES," replied the dealer, "that's
caju, and it's the only one in the city. !
guess. It's curious kind Of fruit, too.
for while it is one of the most delight
fully cool and refreshing of delicacies
1t will make you doathly sick, and may be
kill you, if you eat it. The Brazilian
caju wasn't made to be eaten You have
to drink it to properly enjoy it."
"Ah" said the reporter. What are
the habits of this peculiar fruit?"
WELL" said the custodian of the
caju, that ono in the window Is what
they call garden caju because it is q
! cultivated one. but it grows wild, very
wild. They make claret wine out Of
the wild caju down in Brazil that the ma
tives dote on. 1t will stand you on
your head in less than ten minutes
Tho cultivated fruit sometimes turns
out red like that one, but it Is also apt
to bo yellow, and perhaps pink. The
ways of the caju are in no way in
flucnced by its color, though. A red
one can't discount pink one, and yell
low one is as much Of thoroughbred as
either of the others. Tho pulp of tho
most luscious orange isn't half as tempt
ing as tho inside of the caiu. but the
caju pulp is poison. Juice is what the
caju is for. I'll bet that red one yonder
has more than pint of juice in it, and
if you over tasted it you'd never let go
until you engulfcd tho whole OF it.
There's nothing finer. Tho swell Bra
lillian sucks the juice out of caju every
morning before breakfast"
What does the caju wear that ro-
settle for on it's big end?" asked the re-
porter.
well, that isn't exactly a rosette.
replied the fruit-dealer, but it looks
| like one, doesn't 1t? That Is the
seeds of the fruit. They are put or
the outside to make room for moro juice
inside, l suppose, and for another very
important reason. If they grew on the
inside the sucking Of caju would be
followed by tho instant and complete
humiliation of the suckers stomach
You can't see tho seeds because they
are covered up by pulp That pulp ha'
Juice of it's own, and wherever it hap
pens to. touch your flesh a big bliste
will rise up and burrow itself into tn,
flesh like tho burning head of a parlo
match. They don't seem to mind 1
down in Brazil, though"
do you intend to introduce tho caj'
! in our markets." asked the reporter.
"Well, we had thought of 1t some,
said tho fruit dealer. but have al
idea that we can't hope to make luxu
ry popular up here that is liable to xii
. you if you eat it and burn you up II 20
handle it. I'd like to have quart Q
caju juice right now. though. all tn
same"-N. Y. Sun.