THE LARGEST PAPAW THEE 



Most people know the jjapaw only as a shrub, l)ut in this specimen it reaches a really respect- 

 able size; and a few other trees not much smaller have been found. The tree above 

 appears to be slowly dying, possibly of old age. But a numl^er of instances have 

 been found where the j)a])aw has borne fruit regularly for sixty or seventy years, and 

 no one knows how much longer. The idea that it is a short-lived tree seems, there- 

 fore, not to l:)e wholly true. Photographed near Boonville, Ind., in August, 1914, 

 by C. P. Close. (Fig.'9.) 



fruit was taken grows in a thicket it 

 does not have the spread it should. 



"The tree bears one-half to 1 bushel 

 and bears annually. 



"At the base it measures from 6 to 8 

 inches in diameter and about 20 feet in 

 hei<^ht. 



"Plenty of twigs could be obtained 

 for grafting and a great number could 

 be obtained for transj^lanting of smaller 

 trees growing in this thicket which 

 bear the same quality of fruit as I sent 

 you. 



"This tree is located on the hills of 

 Lawrence County in Fayette Townshij) 

 in the most southern i)oint of Ohio." 



Six other samj^les of fruit stood out 

 above all the rest in quality, and are 

 worthy of propagation. They were 

 sent by the following: 



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John Cheatwood, Gallia, Ohio, Sept- 

 ember 12. Weight, 10 to 12 ounces. 

 These fruits, whose yellow flesh was 

 very mild and good, came from one of 

 a cluster of four trees about twenty-five 

 years old which, Mr. Cheatwood says, 

 all bear fruit of the same quality, that 

 in most years reaches a much larger 

 size than the above. The group bore 

 about 2 l)ushels of fruit this year. 



S. C. Martin, R. F. D. No. 9, 

 Springfield, Ohio, Sej^tember 19. Weight 

 10 to 11 ounces. Flesh yellow and of 

 superior quality, seeds not large, skin 

 tough. Fruit arrived in perfect condi- 

 tion and matured evenly. 



William Rees, Jr., R. F. D. No. 3, 

 Plcasunlon, Kans., September 19. 

 Weight <S to 9 ounces. Flesh pale 

 yellow and of good flavor, seeds excep- 



