

A CASHEW TREE IN AN ORANGE ORCHARD IN BAHIA, BRAZIL. 



Although the Cashew (&iacardium occidentale} has grown 

 and fruited In Florida, the attention of horticulturists 

 nas not been forcibly attracted to it. In Southern Brazil 

 it appears as an important market fruit and on the island 

 of Itaparica a strain occurs which is especially famed for 

 its large excellent fruit. The mild acid fruit is eaten 

 fresh or made into wine, jams or jellies. The hard kid- 

 ney-shaped nut borne upon the blossom end of the fleshy 

 pear-shaped receptacle (the cashew apple) contains a rich 

 highly flavored kernel, which if served hot is one of the 

 most delicate nuts known. These are the cashew nuts of 

 commerce. The hard shell which surrounds the nut, has in- 

 side a layer containing a most acrid corrosive oil which 

 attacks the skin more actively than does poison ivy. This 

 oil can be easily driven off by heat but the fumes are 

 extremely acrid. Photo No. 14468 by Dorsett, Shamel and 

 Popenoe, Dec. 9, 1913, in Bahia, Brazil. 



