A CASHEW TREE IN AN ORANGE ORCHARD IN BAHIA, BRAZIL. 
Although the Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) has grown 
and fruited in Florida, the attention of horticulturists 
has 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. 
