no TRUCK FARMING 



one or two staminate trees out of these left to pollinate the others. 

 In very dry weather the plants should be irrigated, for while 

 they will grow in well drained soil they, at all times, should be 

 well supplied with water. If they are well grown without a check, 

 producing large leaved healthy plants, they will in this \varm 

 climate fruit almost continuously. I have known cases of paw 

 paws reaching an age of several years ; the best fruits, however, 

 are produced on the young trees, say one year old. Heavy crops 

 can be grown on well drained Everglade soil and no doubt this 

 fruit on ac'count of its medicinal qualities will steadily grow in 

 demand. Should insects bother the immature fruits they can 

 be annihilated by applications of tobacco dust. 



