36715. CARAPAGUiANENSIS. 



Collected by Dorsett, Shamel and 

 Popenoe in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 An Amazonian meliaceous tree with 

 leaves 1% feet long, used to good effect 

 in the Rio Botanic Garden as an ave- 

 nue tree. It grows 50 feet high, fruit 

 about the size of a baseball, russet 

 brown. For trial in south Florida 

 and southern California. 



CARICACANDAMARCENSIS. 



Mountain Papaya. Colombian tree, 

 smaller than Caricapapaya; presumably 

 hardier, with much smaller, more an- 

 gular fruits of too acid a flavor for 

 dessert, though very agreeable when 

 stewed; also used for jams and pre- 

 serves. Ripe fruit has a pleasant, 

 apple-like odor. Introduced for test of 

 papain quality and for hybridization 

 with Caricapapaya. 



CARICA PAPAYA. Papaya. 



Rapid growing fruit tree, reaching 

 twenty-five feet; in ten months bears 

 numerous melon-shaped fruits on its 

 trunk. Good varieties deliciously 

 sweet with characteristic flavor; rel- 

 ished as breakfast fruit. Easily digest- 

 ed, containing powerful papain fer- 

 ment. Try as annual in northern 

 Florida and Texas. Easily grown in 

 hot-house. Both sexes required. 



