PAPAW 
The fruit is an unusual one for northern forests. The 
early settlers called the tree Papaw because of the resem- 
blance of its fruit to the real papaw of the 
tropics ; it certainly suggests a banana. 
It is oblong in shape, nearly cylindrical, 
rounded, sometimes pointed at the ends, 
more or less curved and often irregular in 
outline ; the flesh is yellow and soft; the 
seeds flat and wrinkled. Ripening in Sep- 
tember and October, it is frequently found 
in the markets of western and southern 
cities, and although credited in the books 
as edible and wholesome, one must be 
either very young or very hungry really 
to enjoy its flavor. 
The Aszmina is the only genus of the great Custard-Apple 
family found outside of the tropics, and the Papaw is the 
most northern species of the genus. 
Fruit of Papaw, 3/ to 5/ 
long. 
2a 
