They have also got thepapaw on the Coast, the Carica papaya of botanists.
Still I think we do over-estimate the value of the papaw, although I certainly did once myself hang the leg of a goat no mortal man could have got tooth into, on to a papaw tree with a bit of string for the night.
Now the papaw has been just as badly neglected by the Americans as the Macadamia by the Australians and it may be that the only way to get the papaw developed is to send it to some other country and get them to develop it.
After a little he produced a papaw from his pocket, and by the manner in which they went to work upon it, his jagged squirrel teeth showed that they were better than they looked.
Towse, believing his petition for the papaw was about to be rewarded, leaped up too, gamboling with a display of ecstasy that might have befitted a starving creature, and an elasticity to be expected only of a rubber dog.
He roused himself suddenly at the sound of munching, and came and sat upright, facing Rufe, and eyeing the papaw gloatingly.
I was able last spring to secure cuttings of a number of rather rare papaw varieties which I sent to Doctor Zimmerman for propagation at the request of Doctor Fairchild.
I was much interested to study the fine pecan and chestnut trees growing and producing good crops as well as the persimmon and papaw trees, of which he had a number of rare varieties.
The papaw bears male and female flowers, which may be on the same trees, but are usually on different trees, so that it is usual to speak of male and female trees.
The papaw and the passion fruit belong to this same order.
The papaw fruit resembles a rock melon somewhat in shape and flavour, the fruit being produced in the axil of the leaves all along the main stem, where they are clustered thickly together.
It is either eaten by itself, or is used in conjunction with papaw and other fruits to make a fruit salad, a dish that is fit for the food of the gods, and once taken is never forgotten.
The moist, warm climate seemed to suit the papaw tree, as it grew with great vigour, and produced very large and fine melon-like fruits.
At the foot of this papaw tree I was always sure to meet with Paul when he came into our neighbourhood.
One day, having eaten of thepapaw fruit at the foot of that rock, she planted the seeds on the spot.
Soon after, several papaw trees sprang up, among which was one with female blossoms, that is to say, a fruit-bearing tree.
In Florida the papaw grows on the rich hummocks along the Indian River, and on the West Coast southward from Bay Biscayne.
The leaves of this papaw contain, in their abundant sap, a solvent, papain, which has the property of destroying the connective tissue in meats.
The papaw has the family name, custard-apple, from its unusual fruit, whose flesh is soft and yellow, like custard.
Illustration: The papaw in bloom] But it is the very handsome and distinct little tree, with its decidedly odd flowers, I would celebrate, rather than the fruits.
The papaw it was; a fruit all too luscious and sweet, when fully ripe in the fall, for most tastes, but appealing strongly to the omnivorous small boy.
They were in the woods together one evening, a little beyond the papaw thicket, when Ambrose, thrusting his hand into his pocket, drew forth a carefully wrapped up package.
The papaw* [The Papaw tree is said to have the curious property of rendering tough meat tender, when hung under its leaves, or touched with the juice; this hastening the process of decay.
The blossoms of the papaw tree are of a beautiful white and yellow colour, have a very odoriferous scent, and with the stalks are made pickles and preserves of.
The papaw belongs to the small family of the Papayaceae, fused by some botanists into the Passiflorae, and by others into the Bixaceae.
Oviedo[1474] seems to have seen the papaw in Central America, and he gives the common name olocoton for Nicaragua.
The papaw is a large herbaceous plant rather than a tree.
One day having eaten of the papaw fruit, at the foot of that rock she planted the seeds.
Paul, 'who planted this papaw tree, made a present to the inhabitants of the forest more dear and more useful than if she had given them a library.
At the foot of this papaw I was always sure to meet with Paul when he came into our neighbourhood.
It is remarkable that the swine, which otherwise refuse no species of fruit, will not touch that of the papaw tree (Asimina).
The underwood was everywhere the papaw tree, and on the skirts of the forest the yellow flowering Cassia Marylandica, with ripe seed.
All along the Ohio, Mississippi, and Lower Missouri, the papaw tree (Asimina triloba Dunal) grows as underwood.
Open palm-thatched huts peep forth at intervals from amidst groves of banana, mango, cotton, and papaw trees and palms.
Papaw tree (Carica papaya), resembling the Palm in its port and aspect, and also loaded with large yellowish fruit, whose flesh is exceedingly savoury and aromatic.
Plantains and papaw trees are grouped together with groves of arborescent fern; and this mixture of wild and cultivated plants gives the place a peculiar charm.
After flying about for a short time the Marcellus or early spring Swallowtails lay eggs upon the leaves of papaw trees or bushes.
In a similar way the Telamonides or late spring butterflies lay eggs soon after they appear, also upon papaw leaves, and these eggs in about a month mature into Ajax, the summer form.
Denton found this species abundant in southern Ohio where the females laid their eggs upon the smallpapaw bushes.
The dust rose behind the carriage, then sank upon and further whitened the milkweed and the love vine and the papaw bushes.
The negro mounted his horse that had been grazing by thepapaw bushes, and was off at a gallop, leaving Unity and Cary with the luckless rider.
He lay beside the papaw bushes, among the loose stones, and he lay very still.
On many spots of the surrounding hills the may-apple (Podophyllum) grew in abundance; others were covered with an undergrowth of the papaw tree: the kingfisher was frequently seen on the banks of the canal.
Because of its handsome foliage, attractive flowers and curious fruit, the papaw has been much used in ornamental planting.
In shape the papaw somewhat resembles the banana, the texture of the skin is the same, but the surface of the papaw is smoothly rounded and it is shorter and thicker than the banana, being usually from three to five inches long.
In some parts of South America papaw juice is rubbed over meat, and is said to change "apparent leather to tender and juicy steak.
A small piece of beef wrapped up in a papaw leaf during twenty-four hours, after a short boiling became perfectly tender; a similar piece wrapped in paper submitted to exactly similar conditions and processes remained hard.
Then as a medicine plant the papaw is of great renown.
One of the most remarkable characteristics of the papaw is that it is polygamous--that is to say, there may be male and female and even hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
In the papaw the excellences of both are blended and combined.
If we give credence to all that scientific research has made known of it, we shall have to concede that the papaw possesses social influences more potent than many of the political devices of this socialistic age.
Some take their papaw with the merest sensation of salt, some with sugar and a drop or two of lime or lemon juice; some with a few of the seeds, which have the flavour of nasturtium.
Thinking that it was perhaps a smaller edition of the papaw tree, Jud trustingly sank his teeth into one of the little spheres, only to find it bitter as gall.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "papaw" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: berry; ebony; fruit; oak; orange; tree
