Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1937, Page 23

Nature’s Child_ren Papaw Tree (Asimina triloba). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. N THE United States we have two members of the custard apple family—the papaw and the pond apple. There are about 50 genera and all are tropical. With the excep- tion of the two mentioned, the Old orld is the choice habitat of the her members. . ‘The trees do not rank high as orna- mentals, but their fruit has economic Importance. The papaw has been in- strumental in helping to make several men very wealthy The papaw has a straght trunk. It Is a slightly spreading tree or shrub and may reach, if upon acceptable woll, a height of 20 to 30 feet. The bark is dark, fibrous and thin. On its surface are pale gray warts and [ " used to make fish nets. The Winter buds are small, flat, pointed and covered with a heavy coat of red hair. The preferred States of the papaw are Kansas, Michigan, Western New THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, They are solitary, in axils where last year's leaves were found, and on a very short stem. There are six petals with prominent veins. The odor is not pleasant. Far from it. Some in- sects seem to think otherwise and do their daily deed by transferring pol- len. The fruit is ripe in September or October and is from 3 to 5 inches long. It looks like a badly shaped banana, the skin being wrinkled and brown. The flesh is rather sweet and yellow, but very insipid. There are several large, hard seeds. They are the only commercially valuable thing about the little tree. The leaves are very interesting and spread umbrella fashion, covering the stage, the tree looks tropical and has thus earned its place in the sun for many who have planted it. In the places where this tree grows the Negroes love the fruit. It has to be an acquired taste for most of us. When a fine, nippy frost touches them, the flavor is much improved. If you are interested in tae scien- tific names of Nature's Children, you can solve this one easily. Asimina means ‘“sleeve-shaped frult” and triloba means “three-parted flower." Papaw seems to be more like a nick- name. (Copyright, 1937.) Justice Swears Three Governors. Chief Justice J. B. Whitfield of the D. €, MONDAY, TWO UNINJURED IN FORCED LANDING Air Corps Officer and Private Es- cape Ground Loop on Farm Near Aberdeen, Md. An Army Air Corps Reserve officer and an Air Corps private, formerly stationed at Bolling Field, escaped in- jury in the forced landing of their observation plane yesterday near Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. en route from New York to Baltimore. The airplane, on a reserve training | flight, was piloted by Capt. Victor | JANUARY 18, 1937. as his passenger Pvt. Carl F. Metcalfe, Air Corps, now on duty at Logan Field, Baltimore, in connection with the operations of Maryland National Guard aviation. Officers at Mitchel Field, N. Y., home station of the observation unit to which Capt. Pennington was as- signed for training, told the Asso- clated Press Pennington was giving the soldier a ride back to his post when they were forced down by bad weather, The plane ground-looped in a land- ing on soft ploughed ground on the | farm of William Shriver, near Or- chard Beach, in Anne Arundel County. The landing gear and pro- peller of the airplane were smashed. | —— Asked to Buy Window. Among the things the Temples were | asked to buy—“at any price”—was a | colored glass window with & likeness | of Shirley. The maker asked $550, but would be glad to have whatever | the Temples cared to give. | BAYERSON IL_ Wi coLumMBIA 5228 | no value whatever. The bark has been | upturneti twigs with a lovely thatch When seen at this of deep green. Florida Supreme Court has sworn in three Florida Governors. Pennington of New York, according | to the Associated Press. 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