WILD AND UNCLASSIFIED FRUITS. 



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a deep creamy yellow, very soft, a little gritty, very sweet. 

 Embedded in this flesh are from two to six or eight large 

 glossy black seeds. 



While a most luxuriant grower and profuse bearer in its 

 native soil, it is not hardy north of New York, and even there 

 it is often winter-killed. It is nevertheless an ornamental tree 

 for the lawn or garden, and well worth cultivating for this 



FiG. 814. Paw-Paw. 

 (Reduced one-half in diameter.) 



merit as well as for its curious fruit, which is much liked by 

 some. 



The young trees can be obtained of nurserymen. The paw- 

 paw is diaecious, and if fruit is desired it must always be 

 stipulated that the stock purchased shall have borne fruit. 

 The necessity of transplanting trees of such age and size en- 

 hances the difficulty of successfully establishing them. In the 

 towns along the Ohio and Mississippi and their tributaries, 

 in the fall of the year, the paw-paw is plentifully exposed for 

 sale, but as it is too soft for transportation it is never seen far 

 from the places where it grows. 



