THE PELI NUT 



By Willard N. Clute. 



NEW kind of nut is beginning to appear in our markets. 



As yet it is so rare as to be somewhat exclusive and is 

 not likely to be found anywhere except in the best shops where 

 it mingles on terms of equality with the litchee, the pinyon, the 

 pistachio and various foreign fruits. In time it may come to 

 the indignity of being included in ''mixed nuts" and thus 

 become familiar to everybody. Though still rare it has 

 already acquired a fine collection of common names and is 



known as paradise-nut, angel-nut, Hawaiian cream-nut and 

 angle-nut. To these must also be added the names it bears 

 in its home land, the most familiar of which are Java almond, 

 peli-nut and kanari or canary-nut. The name of paradise-nut, 

 by which it is most frequently known in our shops, is evidently 

 a misnomer due to confusing it with the seeds of the real 

 paradise-nut, a South American species related to the Brazil- 

 nut. 



The Peli-nut resembles the Brazil-nnt. 



