Inventory 55, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate III. 



The Chamburo, an Interesting Relative of the Papaya. Carica sp., 



S. P. I. No. 52716. 



The chamburo is indigenous in the Andes of northern South America and will i)robably be 

 sufficiently hardy to wthstand the winters of southern California and southern Florida. 

 The fruit flesh is'half an i.ich thick and is usually calcn. after being cooked, in I he form of a 

 sweet conserve. (Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Bancs, Tungurahua, Ecuador, .March 

 11, 1921; P18482FS.) 



