The sun., 1902-01-12
VERY SINGULAR IS The CAJU.
THE FRUIT DEALER TELLS OF a
PRODUCT or BRAZIL.

seeu nhB-Not s'nted Tor Generu tse.
A citizen found himself In a crowd that
stood In front OF a fruit store show window
the other day staring at things inside.
In the window. hanging by a string was
something that looked like an overgrown
pear which somebody had painted red.
On the big end Of II was a pulpy-looking
protuberance that resembled q tiny. but
fancy, pin-cushion. The citizen entered
the store and demanded information.
'What kind Of a pear Is that anyhow
said he, pointing to the strange fruit hang
ing 10 the window.
ITS no kind Of a pear. sonny replied
the fruit man kindly. That's caju, sonny
Brazilian cajul'
The citizen smiled and was at the point
Of being jocular and saying, None Of your
cajulery nowl' but the fruit man was robust
and muscular, so he changed his mind and
said 'Oh. indeed''
Yes the fruit man continued. And
don't believe there Is another one In town.
They're scarce. And I might as well tell
you while think OF 1t that the caiu Is odd.
In fact. queer. Yes, singular
The citizens knowledge Of cajus not war
ranting him In asserting TO this declaration,
he said nothing The fruit man turned
prime Florida orange around In its basket
so the rotten side wouldn't show. and came
back to the caju.
singular, indeed said he. .Whv,
there is nothing-not even q half pint Of
dry Of the ice. next morning. with lump
Of sugar and drop Of bitters in it said
the fruit man. with a lusty wink at the
citizen-"there is nothing 10 delightfully."-
nd htp1 Rra.
lillian caju: and yet it will surely make you
sick. and there Is fair chance Of It's killing
you, II you eat it. Now, call that singu-
lar. It's queer. anyhow. At least. odd
1T doesn't look it, said the citizen.
glancing at the red thing in the window.
hanging there with no more vim in evidence
than there was in one Of the fruit mans
new crop OF Egyptian figs, raised q year
ago in California.
Doesn't, does it?" assented the fruit
man. But il is. Yes, yes You can tell
all your friends, sonny, that the Brazilian
caju wasn't made 10 be eaten. Tell 'em
il was made to be drunk. Tell 'em they'll
hav to drink the Brazilian caju to enjoy
It properly, and survive to talk about it,
If you tell 'em anything else you'll only
be IN row ing fee in the way of the Coroner
W ell, wei. lilc ClNlIthi r'theih6
again the trail of so mething worth knowing
about this interesting product. And
what are tho habits Of the caJur 1t has
lots of 'em," said the fruit man. That
caju in the window is what they call garden
caJu, because it is a cultivated one. But
IL grows wild. Mercy me, how wild II
grows Anything that makes wine that
will stand you on your head in less than
| ten minutes might with some degree oil
| confidence be put in the category OF things
termed wild, mightnt ltfN
The citizen saw no reason for disputing it.
WELL" said the fruit man, that's the
| kind of wine the wild Brazilian caju makes
| The natives call 1t claret, and they dote on
| il. They say IL makes them forget. Would nj
be bad sort OF claret TO serve at the
table d'hote dinner of commerce, wouid
| IL? Take few sips OF 1t, and you forget
! all about the dinner and go home happy.
And the cultivated Brazilian caJut
said the citizen, frowning down tins at
| tempt AT perslfiage. Il,
man, This one, you see, is red. But u
didn't have to be- IL could have been
yellow as a daudelion or pink as peach
/ blow II 1t had been inclined that way. Ihey
! come pink, red and yellow on OF the same
/ tree, 30 singular, 40 queer, at least so ODD,
| ir the cultivated Brazilian calu. But the
! manners and customs Of the caJu are IN no
way Influenced by it's color red one
! cant discount pink one, ana yellow
/ one ia as much Of a thoroughbred as either
| Of the others The pulp of the most luscious
| orange We kecp-we have 'em here, 70
! cents a dozen for the best, which II the KIND
YOU would want of coursef' said the frult
/ man. moving toward the box where that
/ ale ged kind Of oranges was
-NOt to-day" said the citizen. Tho
The pulp Of the mos, delicious orange
we keep said the fruit man, lingering a
/ blk paper bag, isn't hall a. tempting az
. the iuhld. ut the CdJu, hul the Cagu pulp
/ h. az deadly an bedDug poison just ss
deadly as DDdbug poison, and what home
? mafH-I lh,y might have ia Brazil Tor caJu
pu. q as "a bcdhug poison Il thry only would
ju., .- What the caJu IL fur Pure juice
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