The papaw is another fruit I knew well as a child. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls] Reference
Minor crops, such as papaw, jujube and acorn, are given equal space next to apples, pears and walnuts. and Your Budget. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
Then as a medicine plant the papaw is of great renown. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The dictionary speaks of several other species of papaw. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
The papaw and the passion fruit belong to this same order. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
But there may be some who do not know that the humble papaw. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
My papaw, my dad, and me all have killed many deer with it. From Wordnik.com. [The 50 Best Guns Ever Made] Reference
He dreamed the gold was exactly under the little papaw-tree. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
In the papaw the excellences of both are blended and combined. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
But the papaw, delicate and grateful, is more than a mere fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
Then he sat down under the shade of a papaw-tree and gave orders. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
"Can I be your papaw?" one of the men asked and she shook her head. From Wordnik.com. [Red Brick] Reference
I have a marlin 35. lever and it's been in my family since my papaw. From Wordnik.com. [The 50 Best Guns Ever Made] Reference
Possibly the papaw may be decadent in respect to morals and politics. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The papaw and the banana in conjunction form an absolutely perfect diet. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
They have also got the papaw on the Coast, the Carica papaya of botanists. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in West Africa] Reference
He had been planting nut trees and papaw trees and persimmon trees for years. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
By common repute the papaw tree has the power of rendering tough meat tender. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
Mulches are also spread round certain fruit trees, such as mango, papaw and orange. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The rite is to be performed in the cool of the morning, for the papaw is essentially. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
In genial air, and soil to its liking, the natural habit of the papaw finds true expression. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
The papaw or tree-melon also grows very finely here, and is a very useful and wholesome fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
Until we grew fruit, the papaw, the quickest and amongst the best, vegetables were more necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
I was able last spring to secure cuttings of a number of rather rare papaw varieties which I sent to. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
How few there are who recognise in the everyday papaw one of the most estimable gifts of kindly Nature?. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
"You are one of the most high-toned beauties in the sunny South, the land of the magnolia and the papaw.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
In savanna country the plantations are chiefly of fruit trees such as mango, orange, lemon or papaw trees. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Continuing our list of tropical fruits, we now come to the papaw, one of our most wholesome and useful fruits. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
American papaw, and the prize was awarded to the Ketter variety, the fruits of which weigh about one pound each. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
Most evvybody had to wear little sacks of papaw seeds or of assyfizzy (asafetida) 'round deir necks to keep off diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
Pecans, persimmons and a papaw seemed to have weathered the winter, though they should be further observed before deciding. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Because it didn't feel right to follow my papaw with "Kentucky Boy Finds Two-Headed Snake!" yesterday, I'm posting it today. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-10-01] Reference
Seven little trees of this species were secured and two larger papaw trees grafted from cuttings when the seven were set out. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
In some parts of South America papaw juice is rubbed over meat, and is said to change “apparent leather to tender and juicy steak.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The soil was thickly studded with cocoa-nut, papaw, and cotton-wood trees, above which the balloon seemed to disport itself like a bird. From Wordnik.com. [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference
When cut open it is found quite filled with seeds, and without those hollow places which occur constantly in the common papaw. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
He has expressed a wish that some traveller would examine the milk of the papaw-tree just as it flows from the stem or the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
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