| 单词 | papaw |
| 例句 | “I used to work with your papaw. At the old Gulf station on North Church. It’s a Conoco now.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “No, I ain’t talking about the Pervert Preacher. I mean Dill’s papaw. You telling me Dill ain’t told you about his papaw, the Serpent King?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “No. I didn’t even know Dill had the same name as his papaw. He don’t care to talk about his family.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In the spring the aromatic scent of wild flowers, redbuds, papaws, and dogwoods, drifting on the wind currents, spread over the valley and around our home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had put a recliner and television in there, which was all wrong — papaw's recliner and television had always sat in the room that was now blocked off. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z When I visited on Christmas Eve, it was the first time I had returned since papaw died in 2011. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z For our last stop, we follow Martinez up the peaceful Marlow’s Creek, an area called a breadbasket marsh because of its abundance of edibles: wild rice and papaws, to name a few. In Mallows Bay, a ‘ghost fleet’ of wrecked ships is very much alive 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The house was filled with shadows where before, light and cool breezes had swept through, refreshing the haven my papaw and granny created through their quiet labor. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z We burned some of the garbage — books, furniture, even my papaw's clothes. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z He’s not basking on his basking log, and neither is he napping beneath the papaw trees. Wood turtles are being poached. But Stumpy keeps surviving. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “His papaw talked him into it, just like he did the rest of us,” Chandler’s mom, Cindy, said. Barber shop adds next generation 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The papaw trees were just opening their buds. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z A large shed stood a short distance off, embowered in a grove of banana, papaw, and mango trees; and under it were the troughs, ovens, sieves, and other apparatus, for the preparation of mandioc. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Papain, p�′pa-in, n. a nitrogenous body, isolated from the juice of the papaw, one of the digestive ferments applied in some cases of dyspepsia, either internally or for the predigestion of food. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Cocoa-nuts, papaws, the light-green bananas, and oranges, loaded with fruit, generally surround the more luxuriant villages. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z The fruit trees and plants also include the orange, pine-apple, mango, papaw, banana and avocado or alligator pear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In the vicinity of the houses were cattle, horses, swine, large sheep, 152 and numerous flocks of European geese and ducks; here, too, the papaw tree was sometimes planted in rows. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Among the fruit trees are the mango and the papaw, the orange and the lemon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The papaw has the family name, custard-apple, from its unusual fruit, whose flesh is soft and yellow, like custard. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Because of its handsome foliage, attractive flowers and curious fruit, the papaw has been much used in ornamental planting. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The British have introduced the orange, citron, lime, guava, mango and soursop, and among plants the banana, pine-apple and papaw. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The underwood was everywhere the papaw tree, and on the skirts of the forest the yellow flowering Cassia Marylandica, with ripe seed. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z On the west of the town were some huts, with plantations of bananas, pineapples, papaws, and maize, where blossomed cannas, mimosas, passion-flowers, and where other unseen blooms, especially after rain, made breathing a sensuous pleasure. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The fruit is gathered and sold in local markets from forests of these papaws which grow under taller trees in the alluvial bottom lands of the Mississippi Valley. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z THE papaw, which grows as a small tree or large shrub, is very well known throughout the State, except in the northern parts, and is sometimes called the “wild banana” tree. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The fruit of the papaw resembles the pepo, but the calyx is not superior. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z After flying about for a short time the Marcellus or early spring Swallowtails lay eggs upon the leaves of papaw trees or bushes. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z But the villas are in heliotrope, primrose, azure, and rose, bowered in extravagant arbours of papaws mangoes, bananas, and palms, with shrubberies beneath of feathery mimosas, and cassias with orange and crimson blooms. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The leaves of this papaw contain, in their abundant sap, a solvent, papain, which has the property of destroying the connective tissue in meats. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I observed the papaw and persimmon among the wild fruits. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Persimmons and papaws were ripe, haws and huckleberries were plentiful. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z 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. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The girl and the horse had quickly disappeared behind the hazel and papaw bushes. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z In Florida the papaw grows on the rich hummocks along the Indian River, and on the West Coast southward from Bay Biscayne. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Of wild fruits, the woods afford abundance; among which, the grape, persimmon, papaw, pecan, and filbert, are conspicuous. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The papaw and persimmon thrived in the southern portion of the Atlantic coast region. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z While the preferred food plant of this species is papaw, the caterpillars are also known to feed upon the spice bush and upland huckleberry. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z At the gate stood as sentinel a cabbage-palm a hundred feet high; on the lawn mangoes, oranges, papaws, and bread-fruit-trees, strange to look at, but luxuriantly shady. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Wild papaws rarely exceed four inches long, and usually they are smaller. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z 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 Loves of Ambrose At the gate stood as sentinel a cabbage palm a hundred feet high; on the lawn mangoes, oranges, papaws, and bread-fruit trees, strange to look at, but luxuriantly shady. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Mr. S. F. Denton found this species abundant in southern Ohio where the females laid their eggs upon the small papaw bushes. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z All the islands possess a very fertile soil; there are forests of coco-nut palms, and among the products are rice, maize, sweet-potatoes, yams, coffee, cotton, vanilla and various tropical fruits, the papaw tree being abundant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Thus the citrous fruits, the date, the banana, breadfruit, papaw, persimmon, apple, cherry, plum, pear, all grew in a wild state, providing food for man if he were ready to take it as provided. History of Human Society A pleasant and peculiar small tree is this papaw, not nearly so well known or so highly esteemed as it ought to be. Getting Acquainted with the Trees Continuing our list of tropical fruits, we now come to the papaw, one of our most wholesome and useful fruits. Fruits of Queensland The only other noteworthy trees in our little place are a few papaws. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 From the rear came the clatter of plates, the scent of ripe papaws and bananas, mingled with the smell of the first fire in a new stove. Edge of the Jungle The persimmon, the papaw, the mulberry, the haws, the juneberries—you are likely to find them all, sooner or later, among the nut trees of our members. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 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. Getting Acquainted with the Trees 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. Fruits of Queensland The dictionary speaks of several other species of papaw. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 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. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 At early dawn, or towards sunset, however, they come out from their retreats, and search for fallen bananas, papaws or guavas, and I have spent many a delightful half-hour watching them from my own hiding-place. The Call Of The South 1908 These darkest purple-red petals, almost black, as they change from the green of their opening hue, make up the peculiar flowers of the papaw. Getting Acquainted with the Trees Besides its use as a fruit and vegetable, the papaw makes a fair conserve and an excellent sauce, and its medicinal principle, "papain," is an article of commerce. Fruits of Queensland He had been planting nut trees and papaw trees and persimmon trees for years. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 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. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 Mr. Littlepage and I are going out in a day or two to see if we can find some larger papaws. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 Carica papaya.—This is the South American papaw tree, but is cultivated in most tropical countries. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 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. Fruits of Queensland The papaws hung globular among the leaves of the bushes, and the persimmons were reddening. The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 The terrified animal starts forward, leaps from side to side, dashes into the papaw thickets, or breasts the dense cane-brake, in hopes of brushing off its relentless rider. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire H. F. Stoke, Roanoke, Va. Black and Persian walnuts, heartnuts, filberts, shagbark and shellbark hickories, Chinese, Japanese, American and hybrid chestnuts, papaws, chestnut grafts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 Dr. Zimmerman, who was our authority on papaws, said that he thought hand pollination was necessary for good crops. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 The papaw and the passion fruit belong to this same order. Fruits of Queensland The papaw or tree-melon also grows very finely here, and is a very useful and wholesome fruit. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party I've never seen papaw or hazel nut large enough for timber, but the Persian walnut has some value and the Chinese chestnut is a fair timber tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 The doctor left with him a number of plants, among which were orange, cashew, custard, apple, and fig-trees, with coffee, acacias, and papaws, which he had brought from Loanda. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Pecans, persimmons and a papaw seemed to have weathered the winter, though they should be further observed before deciding. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 The rabbits were thick where he had been, And he said he'd found some ripe papaws. Under the Tree In fruits, she has the orange, lime, lemon, citron, tamarind, papaw, banana, fig, grape, date, pineapple, guava, and plantain. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy If buds then start off like those of two persimmons and two papaws they will have time for lignifying. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 Dr. Zimmerman: From my papaws I cut scions in the fall. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930 I have had some interesting experiences with papaws this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 The Journal of Heredity offered a prize of fifty dollars for the best American papaw, and the prize was awarded to the Ketter variety, the fruits of which weigh about one pound each. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 They went into a hole under some rocks by a large papaw bush. Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox The papaw is another fruit I knew well as a child. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls The fruits are grapes and pine-apples, limes and oranges, mangoes and melons, papaws and a long list of native growth. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative In both places the papaws came up quite freely, especially in the angle of the house where the sun struck only a short time each day. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Seven little trees of this species were secured and two larger papaw trees grafted from cuttings when the seven were set out. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 If he can obtain pineapple or papaw he will find these excellent to help him to retain his health and strength in this country. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine Pomegranates, guavas, lemons and oranges are abundant in Unyanyembé; mangoes flourish, and grape vines are beginning to be cultivated; papaws grow everywhere. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi I do not know all its produce; but what we saw were plantains, coconuts, pineapples, oranges, papaws, potatoes, and other large roots. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland They have papaws, which I shall speak more of hereafter; apples, pears, plums, cherries, and excellent peaches, apricots, guavas, pomegranates, citrons, oranges, lemons, limes, pumpkins, onions the best in the world, cabbages, turnips, potatoes, etc. A Voyage to New Holland There are bitter wild oranges, sour guavas, eatable beach-grapes and papaws. The Firing Line Peach-trees were trailed against the house, in front of which stood some groups of papaws. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 The dust rose behind the carriage, then sank upon and further whitened the milkweed and the love vine and the papaw bushes. Lewis Rand In this place we got beef, pork, poultry, papaw apples, bread-fruit, limes, oranges, and every refreshment that is mentioned in the account of Lord Anson's voyage. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The papaw too is found in all these countries, though I have not hitherto described it. A Voyage to New Holland To the east, an impenetrable thicket of magnolias, papaws, oak and bean trees—to the north, the pine wood before mentioned. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 In the meantime abundance of people came off to us, bringing wheat, cocoa-nuts, yams, potatoes, papaws, hens, and several other kinds of birds, to truck for cloths, knives, scissars, and toys. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. He lay beside the papaw bushes, among the loose stones, and he lay very still. Lewis Rand He met them, that day, out by the stone quarry, and touched his hat as he returned Lois's "Good-morning," and took a couple of great papaws from her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 "You are one of the most high-toned beauties in the sunny South, the land of the magnolia and the papaw." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 There were three springs of water, acres and acres of wild berries, wild nuts, cherries, peaches, apples, and papaws. The Life of Me; an autobiography An' back a little an' there's jest thickets of papaw, an' thorns, an' wild grape-vines, an' crab, an' red an' black haw, an' dogwood, an' sumac, an' spicebush, an' trees! The Song of the Cardinal The negro mounted his horse that had been grazing by the papaw bushes, and was off at a gallop, leaving Unity and Cary with the luckless rider. Lewis Rand One day Lois had heard him say that there were papaws on his mother's place in Ohio; so after that she always brought him some every day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 They cut down about an acre or two of the trees which surround the huts, and there plant pepper, papaws, sweet and bitter cassava, plantains, sweet potatoes, yams, pine-apples and silk-grass. Wanderings in South America The repast consisted of bits of mutton in palm-butter, mutton roasted, rice, palm-cabbage, chicken, and papaw, with coffee, but no wine. Journal of an African Cruiser They chatter in swarms over the wild-cherry trees, and overload their crops with red haws, wild plums, papaws, blackberries and mandrake. The Song of the Cardinal What more wholesome and pleasant a dish than papaw beaten to mush, saturated with the juice of lime, sweetened with sugar, and made fantastic with spices? My Tropic Isle Guided by the experiments of Fourcroy and Vauquelin on the juice of the hevea, I mixed a solution of carbonate of soda with the milk of the papaw. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Soon after several papaws sprung up, amongst which was one that yielded fruit. Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre That afternoon we drove out into the woods and gathered a quantity of superb Easter lilies, papaw, sparkleberry, great fern-leaves, and cedar. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe 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. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 What more enticing, than stewed mango—golden and syrupy—with junket white as marble; or fruit salad compact of pineapple, mango, papaw, granadilla, banana, with lime juice and powdered sugar? My Tropic Isle On comparing the milky juices of the papaw, the cow-tree, and the hevea, there appears a striking analogy between the juices which abound in caseous matter, and those in which caoutchouc prevails. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 One day having eaten of the papaw fruit, at the foot of that rock she planted the seeds. Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre The mango and avocado trees had not come into bearing before I left; but pineapples, figs, grenadillas, bananas, pumpkins, plantains, papaws, and chioties fruited abundantly. The Naturalist in Nicaragua We could not cease admiring the banana, the papaw tree, the Poinciana pulcherrima, and other plants, which we had hitherto seen only in hot-houses, cultivated in his garden in the open air. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 This was a time for broad policy—for distribution of cassavi bread, yams and papaws, for big, and maybe rough, display of power and generosity. No Defense, Complete When cut open it is found quite filled with seeds, and without those hollow places which occur constantly in the common papaw. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 At the foot of this papaw I was always sure to meet with Paul when he came into our neighbourhood. Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre 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. The Naturalist in Nicaragua This was a time for broad policy— for distribution of cassavi bread, yams and papaws, for big, and maybe rough, display of power and generosity. No Defense, Volume 3. They have also got the papaw on the Coast, the Carica papaya of botanists. Travels in West Africa The common fruits are limes and oranges, mangoes, papaws, and pineapples, the gift of the New World, now run wild, and appreciated chiefly by apes. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Around their tembes the Arabs cultivate a little wheat for their own purposes, and have planted orange, lemon, papaw, and mangoes, which thrive here fairly well. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Until we grew fruit, the papaw, the quickest and amongst the best, vegetables were more necessary. Confessions of a Beachcomber If the camera was moved there, they would change again, so I sat in the shade of a clump of papaws to wait and see if they would not grow accustomed to it. Moths of the Limberlost Yet I am myself, as Hans Breitmann says, “still skebdigal” as to the papaw, and I dare say you are too. Travels in West Africa Interglacial beds at Toronto, Canada, contain remains of forests of maple, elm, and papaw, with mollusks now living in the Mississippi basin. The Elements of Geology The soil was thickly studded with cocoa-nut, papaw, and cotton-wood trees, above which the balloon seemed to disport itself like a bird. Five Weeks in a Balloon 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. Confessions of a Beachcomber Its corners are filled with wild flowers, ferns, gooseberries, raspberries, black and red haw, papaw, wild grapevines, and trees of all varieties. Moths of the Limberlost Here and there on the country roads we found lemon, papaw, orange, lime, and fig trees; also several sorts of palms, among them the cocoa, the date, and the palmetto. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion A large shed stood a short distance off, embowered in a grove of banana, papaw, and mango trees; and under it were the ovens, troughs, sieves, and all other apparatus for the preparation of mandioca. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Soon after, several papaw trees sprang up, among which was one with female blossoms, that is to say, a fruit-bearing tree. Paul and Virginia How few there are who recognise in the everyday papaw one of the most estimable gifts of kindly Nature? Confessions of a Beachcomber Cocoa-nuts, papaws, the light green bananas, and oranges, loaded with fruit, generally surround the more luxuriant villages. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Our fictitious appetites may pine for wheaten bread, oatmeal, flesh, fish, eggs, and all manner of vegetables but given the papaw and the banana, the rest are superfluous. Confessions of a Beachcomber By common repute the papaw tree has the power of rendering tough meat tender. Confessions of a Beachcomber Paul.—Oh! she, then, who planted this papaw tree, has made a more useful and more grateful present to the inhabitants of these forests than if she had given them a whole library. Paul and Virginia As with many other fruits, so with the papaw. Confessions of a Beachcomber Distinctive and significant as the virtues possessed by the papaw are, yet because of its universality and because it yields its fruits with little labour, it gets but scant courtesy. Confessions of a Beachcomber In the papaw the excellences of both are blended and combined. Confessions of a Beachcomber But the papaw, delicate and grateful, is more than a mere fruit. Confessions of a Beachcomber One day, having eaten of the papaw fruit at the foot of that rock, she planted the seeds on the spot. Paul and Virginia The papaw and the banana in conjunction form an absolutely perfect diet. Confessions of a Beachcomber A great authority on the botany of India suggested that it was originally introduced from the district of Papaya, in Peru, and that "papaw" is merely a corruption of that name. Confessions of a Beachcomber Then as a medicine plant the papaw is of great renown. Confessions of a Beachcomber In some parts of South America papaw juice is rubbed over meat, and is said to change "apparent leather to tender and juicy steak." Confessions of a Beachcomber At the foot of this papaw tree I was always sure to meet with Paul when he came into our neighbourhood. Paul and Virginia Possibly the papaw may be decadent in respect to morals and politics. Confessions of a Beachcomber If they are to be believed, the mystery of their clean, clear complexion and exquisite pulp-like flesh arises from the use of the papaw fruit as a cosmetic. Confessions of a Beachcomber |
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