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them, on everything in the tropics, and you are rarely 
disappointed, though it is surprising how little harm 
many of them do down here. The trouble Is, they might 
not be so harmless in another climate, and in any 
event, we don't want to try them to find out. That 
red-fleshed papaya was a surprise to me. I am general- 
ly skeptical about red-fleshed fruits, the term 'red' 
is so commonly used for brown that you can't trust it, 
but I am willing to say that the papaya I sent in has 
a .very decided reddish tint, and the flesh is deep 
reddish salmon in color, quite distinct from the color 
of the varieties we are now growing in Florida. It is 
striking and attractive, but the quality of the fruit 
may not be equal to some of the best we already have. 
You know the papayas vary greatly in sweetness. Proba- 
bly you noted my photographs of the amy growing In 
the forest at Mazatenango. Your idea of getting 
photos of the aguacate In the wild is a good one, and 
if I can find wild trees in the Alta Verapaz, -where 
people here seem to think they exist, I will try for 
some photographs. I hope the amy will turn out to be 
a new species. I am on the track of another species 
of Persea which grows down about Zacapa, and I saw in 
Amatitlan a single young tree which seems to be a 
Persea but is apparently not an avocado. I am going 
to get bud wood of it." 
