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is usually due to the almost continuous blowing of misty rain 
during the receptive stage. The wind prevents pollen-carrying in- 
sects from working, and the rain moistens the pollen to such an 
PlGUU 0. — Oblong fruit .showing arrangement of seed in cavity 
extent as to make it too heavy to be carried to the pistillate trees 
by the wind. Stunted growth is often noticed in neglected papaya 
plants which have been subjected to a period of insufficient moisture. 
Although the papaya is somewhat tolerant of such abnormal condi- 
