

fHS SIJfiiOSDS PA?AYA. 



a, P.I. to. 16556. 



Thl la ft asodliag from * fruit whloh was tone by 

 tree grown from * at let by Sr. f. 0. Roa of tho 

 : anaa Canal Zono in 1910 { S. P, J. So. 28536 ). it 

 the boat Mdling out of sixty wMoh WT girovn frofl 

 of the Mffle lAAntloal frnlt. ite globular ahp f owdiua 

 else ana t>-io'< flash ought to oak* It a good ahlpper anft 

 th alld flavor aak it peculiarly aooptabl to thooo 

 who hare nrr eaten * papaya and loerntA to approolato a 

 more prononnoed papyn flavor. Graft a froa thia tree will 

 bo Made In accordance with tho aothod outlined in a forth- 

 coming circular of tho Bureau of ?lant Industry and tho 

 grafted planta diatrlbut<5 t r trial. It 10 namod aftor 

 r r. :dward SlBnonda, gardener in charge of the Field Sta- 

 tion at ttlani. Florid*, in recognition of hi a aucoeaaful 

 work in tho grafting of the papaya. 



