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THE LARGEST WILD FRUIT IN NORTH AMI 



The papaw produces, even in the wild state, an occasional fruit which compares favorably with c 

 papaw, as the cultivated apple is than a wild crabapple. The original wild ajiple was proba 

 tors, and the same holds true of most of our cultivated fruits. The jxijiaw has had no sy> 

 suppose that a little attention from horticulturists would result in the jjroduction of ; 

 members, to locate a numl)cr of the best trees in the country, with the ho])e that fruit grc 

 thick enough skin to ship well. Thev have a mild and seductive flavor, with the charactenst^ 

 that temperate-zone pomologv can furnish. Cultivation may be ex]iectcd to improve the 

 probable that the size of the fruit can be still further increased, since specimens have of ten J 

 to have been too dry to bring out these large fruits. A good tree should bear from 50 to 1 

 the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, U. S. Deiiartment of Agriculture. (Fi( 



