Papaya Trees in Bearing at Brownsville, Texas. 
This papaya (Carica papaya), sometimes called the tropic- 
al papaw, was raised from seed obtained from the Ben Gut 
Province, Philippine Islands. 
The papaya is a favorite "breakfast fruit in the tropics. 
It contains papain, socalled "vegetable pepsin", which is 
much used as a digestant and remedy for dyspepsia. The green 
fruits are excellent when boiled as a vegetable and they also 
make good pickles. This fruit is worthy of serious consider- 
ation by small farmers in the regions where it can be grown, 
and it should be called to the attention of those handling 
breakfast fruits commercially. 
