. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. 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
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. 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 Asimina 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 Fruit of Papaw, 5' to 5' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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