Paw Paw

Andrew starts with ...
Hi,
How can we tell if a paw Paw tree is a male, female or bisexual?
Is there a way to tell by looking at it?

Cheers

Andrew

Andrew says...
Thanks Correy, Much appreciated.
That helps alot.

John says...
Hay pete, I have a grafted bisexual from daleys, its about 2 months old now and grown a meter tall. Its only surposed to grow to six foot. I will be getting many more of these. They will grow well there. Also try mangoes, pitaya, star apples, choc custard fruit and jacks. All these will grow there.

ronald says...
Paw Paw stem and leaf sundried and hand crushed(female)very good as a tea good for cancer cure. Have many happy patients

peter says...
joel,
i have pawpaw, dwarf mango in
a glass house, the pawpaws have
little fruits on them and the mango
which is only about two feet tall
is send out some flower stalks
at the moment.

the pawpaws which i had planted outside died over winter.

James says...
we got SEVEN Mangos from our 5ft mango tree here in Adelaide last season, it was its first year of fruit too... they were only small (Average Lemon size) & stayed green. It is grown in a pot as well!!!

vanl says...
Hello Adelaideans,

I have not yet seen paw paws fruit sucessfully in Adelaide, neither have I seen jackfruits. I have not been successful myself with these types either. Believe me I have tried everything, including the "more" exotics like star apple, canistel, green sapote, jackfruit, carambola, coconuts and many others.

However be assured that mangos are tough as lemons here in Adelaide once they are established (this takes quite a while). A few huge samples can be found at the following locations:

Goldrush Road, opposite the BP station near Payneham road.

Days Road, near the Regency Hardware store.

vanl says...
Hi Jantina,

I found that canistel could not handle the winter cold here in Adelaide even though it had proper shade cloth protection. I have not tried Lucmo so no comments sorry.

However by reference of these two resources: lucmo http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lucmo.html and canistel http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html, it appears that lucmo is temperate tree so I think I would do fine in Mt Gambier.

ronald says...
try a new energy drink water and lemon
excellent to raise your ph balance, as diseases can't survive over 7.1ph levels too high oxygen, mix with your sundried paw paw leaf tea.

Jantina says...
Hi Grant, I have read a few times in various places that it is the wet feet more than the cold that knocks off the subtropicals so I am making sure that my pots are well draining and will let my plants dry out (not to the point of wilting) before watering as it gets colder, so far everything from pepino to rollinia is growing very well, I know that producing fruit might be another matter!

Tanya says...
Can someone please tell me what type of paw paws will grow from the long stems in the picture. I have never had these before. All of mine have always been like the ones in the other picture close to the trunk of the tree. Thank you.

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Ellen says...
Can anyone differentiate between the seeds if it will grow to be a female or a male plants ? Please share your knowledge,,,

juanita says...
You're absolutely correct Ronald...I usually have my lemon drink in the morning before having brekky...

Owen says...
Hey Ronald thank you I bought some of your Serum for my wife she would like som more, she has alergies toward other serums but is very pleased with yours.

juanita says...
Hi Ronald,

Can your papain facial serum gets rid of minor sunspot?...How much is it?
Is that the same serum w/c caused Kert's hair to fall out?

Julie says...
I use a Masterfoods meat tenderiser, which is mostly made from paw paw. It works really well.

Wayne says...
We have used green pawpaw to tenderise meat, the only downside we found was that the meat can be a bit stringy afterwards.

Johno says...
Hi Ronald
I have a male paw paw tree is there any way to turn it to a female tree ?
Regards
Steve.

Ronald says...
kurt try chinese schu woo for hair restoration obviously your endocrin system is breaking down u may need an infusion of female paw paw tea.

jan says...
like to kmnow about the tea for cancer

amanda says...
How does the papain survive the digestive juices of the stomach? Are u saying the enzyme helps dissolve the cancer?
There is no way the enzyme would travel thru your blood stream in it's natural state. It must be something else that helps.

Ronald says...
Hi Amanda thank you for your question, I have been working with patients, for decades, in this research I have found enzyme therapy very successful in the overall treatment for "C" Also, it is important to take enzymes on an empty stomach. A stack of research shows that enzymes, when taken in this manner, will go into the bloodstream and clean it up. And in the process digest and kill cancer cells. Take both a plant based digestive enzyme along with pancreatic enzymes high in Trypsin and Chymotrypsin for the best results. Take both with meals for improved digestion, and on an empty stomach to get into the body. Also use/ Citrus Pectin (assists in prevention of Mestasis) vIT C, SELENIUM, OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT, APRICOT KERNEL.
I hope this helps u a little more

Wayne says...
From my experience Kath, yes, I have never had a failure but that's not to say it doesn't happen. I could be just lucky, so let's see what the others say.

I threw some red pawpaw seeds in a bed the other week and look what I now have, it's a shame I can't send you some

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RON says...
HI KEN PLEASED TO SEE ALL IS GOING WELL

Kylie says...
I have two new one metre high paw paw trees that were growing great but last week noticed that all the leaves were missing. Not fallen off on the ground - they are missing. The branches seem to have died now also, they were greenish on the end last week but are all brown now. The stem of the trees are still green and there are a few very small new leaves starting to grow off them.
Can anyone help me? Is this normal?
I have grown them from seed and would like to keep them for fruit.

ronald says...
Several issues the babaco is extremely difficult to get a hold of, without people having fertilisers on the leaves and fruit...
Mangosteen, should be used with caution, and should not be used after chemo radiation therapy, due to the impact it has on liver enzymes...or damaged liver from chemo, I am not to sure of the % of fatalities with this, but just be warned..

Rev says...
if all you want is enzymes then grow the mountain papaya down south

its much more cold hardy
Carica pubescens

Jason says...
The amount of papain in the ones I grow is enough to burn your liver out.. Not sure I'd be talking it to cure anything :0?, seriously it will do damage to your lips and mouth

amanda says...
That's interesting snotty - I would be more inclined to believe anti-inflammatories crossing into the blood stream.

The idea of papain crossing into the blood stream is a big stretch, however - it is a proteolytic enzyme. I used to use it to LYSE and breakdown red blood cells and other blood proteins that gunked up the machines in the laboratory. I really don't want to 'have a go' here - but I believe people should be given the best chances thru intelligent observations - natural or otherwise...

Ronald - is there a carrier molecule for the papain that exists in the human blood stream? All human proteolytic enzymes have a Binding Protein that they travel with - keeps them for digesting your body...??

Ok - off my soap box (oops - sorry everyone) but - u can always test a vial of whole blood mixed with some papain if u don't believe me. Get your local Lab to centrifuge it and see what u think then....

Also snotty - if apricot kernels were a so toxic then why have the oil on the shelf...!? (TGA will likely "see to that" in the future though....they are quite serious/scary folk....)

PS Ronald - it's actually ok to prove that something works - even if we don't know why....modern science cannot explain many things...and that's fine. I wonder how long St Johns Wort has been taken throughout history - until it was actually "proven" to work...?

For me - I think it's ok if something "works" - even anectodally - as long as someone is not pocketing a big profit from it..then they perhaps obliged produce evidence - just like pharmacology companies perhaps..? otherwise - it's a conflict of interest.

amanda says...
Oh crap Jason - that sounds like a really boring life!? Do u really want to be 110??
It's not the destination but the journey....

PS - I am NOT a rabbit - thank god!!

Jason says...
Lol whats the boring life, my grandmother was a party animal back in the late 20s in Saint Kilda :). She just didn't eat much during her life, eating is not a leisure activity :). Hard to believe but the chef's in the oldies home have been instructed by her for the last two years to have one slice of bread with Vegemite on her plate for breakfast and one slice of white bread on the plate with tomato sauce for dinner. That's all she wants. She's old enough and knows herself well enough to do whatever she wants :). You can go visit her yourself and see the lone slice of bread on the plate yourself, I promise it's quite the sight to see :). Not that anyone else in there eats much more

note: (she takes a multi vitamin or two also since there's nothing in bread)

amanda says...
PS Jason...peas are seeds?.. :)

amanda says...
It's fun to chat with u jason - but do u think we should we delete (by mutual consensus) our last few posts maybe? they are way off topic :)) ..??

amanda says...
He he - and don't forget tomatoes snotty - all that Lycopene - great stuff!

jason I hope your Gran kicks up her heels again sometime soon - her diet sends shiver thru my spine.. :-)))

snottiegobble says...

Of course they are all home brewed with local organic products, hey Grant?.lol

rev says...
lol you people are funny

Yes jason you are right, annona seeds are toxic
usually used for killing intestinal worms and headlice so short duration usage. its the fruit and leaves that are allegedly cancer prevenetative and these dont have the toxins

also plants tend to protect against seed predators so make things like poisons that are laxative or emetic to increase the passege through the gut or train avoidance.

plants favour fruit eaters that pass seed whole, or as humans, orangutans and chimps do -spit out seeds, or form a 'wadge'(mass of seeds and pulp). some of the healthiest fruits contains compounds that are very good for fruit eating mammalian health for the often extinct megafauna that used to spread them - like avocado, annona, papaya, chocolate pulp

but another factor is that humans are quite tough to poisons, you only have to look at how much alcohol we can put away and other pyschoactive drugs. No tooth or claw but one hell of a liver and brain!
and anyway its all about the dose! a little is therapeutic , a lot is a poison - that idea is at least? 2000 years old

one rule of thumb i heard is that you should only eat as many apple seeds as you find in the apples you eat - its self limiting that way.

Papaya leaves can be eaten as a steamed of boiled bitter veg too, just the top bunch
In jamu tradition it makes the blood 'bitter' and is said to prevent malaria. Not sure how, maybe like when eating neem leef it makes you less tasty!(neem is systemic)
Its also used as a contraceptive. I was told in Indonesia by a female herbalist that to prevent conception a steamed and cooled to warm wad of young leaves is inserted as an emmenagogue. Very useful when you live in a place you cant get the pill on PBS!
In general papaya should be avoided by pregnant women, unripe papaya is a well known abortive even consumed orally, as is unripe pineapple.
I guess that makes green papaya salad and especially healthy food for Young women in Asia! stop you having 10 kids by the time you are 30!

snottiegobble says...
You speak a lot of sense Rev specially about the seeds with laxative effect. The extract of Cascara sacrada taken in my youth just about ruined my colon for life. You see we are not meant to take these things constantly & I did.There was no such thing as psyllium husks available then.
Anyone tasted papaya seeds? They are quite peppery.

John says...
Hi,
Can anyone help me Please?
I am trying to source fresh paw paw leaves for my wife to use to make tea for her cancer, any ideas where i can find them????
Thanks for your help
John

Mazelle says...
If you still lookiong for pawpaw leaves for your wife there is a man in Childers in Q that sends pawpaw leaves all around Australia..His name is Noel Rauchie of 42 Redridge Cresent Childers Q 4660...Phone 07 4126 8268 between 6-30 and 6pm daily... if the wife has cancer she can have the leaves for free if you pick them up... he sends boxes of leaves out and he also sells the dried tea leaves... hope this helps. . . . Ruth

ronald says...
hi amanda sorry re late reply been os research, yes the hyaluronic acid with msm can act as a carrier...for the enzyme, but you must break down the Atomic Mas Units...

amanda says...
Thanks Ronald. My only comment is that I hope u are not presenting this as a "cure" but rather a complementary therapy? (and not charging the earth for it..) :)

amanda says...
Ronald - that's really nice to hear :) There are many who would take advantage of people in such a situation.
All the best with the book - will have to keep my eye out for it eh?!

ronald says...
thought it about time i show my face lol

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MelJ says...
i think the beauty of the net is the availability of information on alternatives to the current legal poisonous treatments.

ronald says...
ONLY AGAINST THE LAW DUE TO THE LARGE DRUG COMPANIES HAVING FEAR OF SOMEONE FINDING A CURE THAT WOULD SEND THE COMPANY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS POORER,
SCIENTISTS HAVE NO MEDICAL BACKGROUND SO WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM

kert says...
Thanks , ronald . Now I know what is happeneing. The drug companies are suppressing "the cure" As for me I'll put my trust in Mother McIllop.
Alas, soursop and all the Annoniacae have been implicated in neurological disturbance and outright malfunction . This has not stopped me eating cherimoyas but I would draw the line at daily consumption.

ronald says...
VERY GOOD BJ BUT LET US NOT LOSE FACT WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 6 FEET UNDER WHEN WE ARE WALKING ON THE PLANTS AND HERBS AND SEEDS THAT MAY HAVE SAVED THEM, THINK ABOUT THE REMARKABLE NETTLE

Jason says...
I'm not so sure it would dwarf them but you should be able to take cuttings just as easily as all the other papaya species. You just chop up a branch into 20-30cm lengths and poke them deep in some dirt. Some people say to lay them in damp river sand for a while to heal first but just poking them in the ground or a big pot seems to work fine enough. Anytime it's warm enough for them to grow should work

Diana says...
Hi Jason and allybanana,

Thanks very much, I will give it a try (or maybe wait a week or two if waterlogging is a problem- we have been having a bit of weather, as Wayne was saying). The dwarfing information comes from the Daley's shop site:

'Pawpaw - Cutting Grown Southern Red.

A cutting grown Paw Paw is dwarfed in size and the fruit is produced low to the ground. Also suitable for growing in pots. It is possible to have fruit within 4 months rather then taking 18 months..'


Diana.

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snottiegobble says...
Remember Hippocrates said " LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE" there is a more modern quotation " YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.
Those of us who choose to grow & eat organics, drink moderately & dont smoke generally have a longer expected lifespan with less illnesses. If we choose to supplement our diet with natural nutriental food as well it may help improve our lifespan with a better quality of life!

Diana says...
Hi Hawkypork,

They might not like that. They usually grow well against walls (people say due to the lime in mortar and concrete, but maybe also the protection). Dry wind would not be too good, they like humidity.

Diana.

ronald says...
hey every one have a very joyous holiday
my Paw Paw trees have died and need some seedlings male and female also need leaves any one help Ronald (I have moved from Brisbane to Wyee Point NSW frost in winter is my worry

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Hey Ronald, whereabouts was the post that Amanda is leaving the forum? I find her threads some of the most interesting on this site...

Julie says...
amanda did mention in an email some time ago that they would be away around Christmas. That's probably why we haven't heard from her in a while.

Charlie says...
Hi,
someone asked at the beginning of this thread if fruiting paw-paw had been seen in Adelaide. I lived in Archer St North Adelaide 15 years back and my neighbours had excellent fruiting paw-paw in their front yard along with stone fruit and citrus. It wasn't sheltered, just planted in the row. Wish now that I had asked what type it was. Mango grows well here, as does avocado.
A fun and fast growing tropical fruit tree that does exceptionally well is tamarillo. Easily grown from seed.

Steven says...
I planted me southern red paw paws a couple of months ago i bought from daleys. I cant believe how quickly they grow. they are alreay about 10x larger than when i bought them.

They are a beautiful tree and give a nice tropical feel to the garden hopefully it will make some good quality fruit!

Town Farm says...
I have a male paw paw tree that is about 3 years old and last year it 'threw' lots of fruit. They are on really long stems. I read somewhere that they are really sweet. Can you tell me whether they ripen the same as other paw paws. They seem to be taking a long time to ripen if so. Would appreciate any advice on this.

Steven says...
I cant believe how quickly papaya grow!! My two trees that i bought a few months ago are already starting to flower!

ron says...
Francesca try any web site www.pawpawtea.com.au contact the seller and make sure it is the sundried leaf

Town Farm says...
Thanks Wayne. Will try your suggestions. I have noticed yesterday that one of the fruit is starting to yellow slightly - very exciting. Will still apply the epsom salts and borax though. Cheers

snottiegobble says...
The apricot kernels are available in bulk from Shepperton & worth a try! You will probably have to sign the order form that they are for 'replanting' However they are still in their 'stones' which means they are fresh! Very important!

Steven says...
Only very small amounts you, would have to eat alot of them to get sick. were only talking 6-12 kernels per day. ive got an apricot tree in the backyard and regularly eat the kernels, ive never even felt sick from eating them. In fact, amaretto is traditionally made from apricot kernels and is a very popular italian liquor.

snottiegobble says...
Nick, apricot kernels are almost homeopathic, the cyanide content is so small it only attacks the cancer cells.
If you like the taste of marzipan you will enjoy the kernels.
Even apple & pear pips have tiny ammounts of cyanide & people once ate the cores, pips & all when the fruit were all crab apple size. very little cancer in those days!

Steven says...
Kert relax! no lives are being put in danger! While i agree with your comment in regards to peoples false belief that natural in inherently better (marketing strategies have taken a strong liking to this) aside from that fact that snake venom 100% natural as is crude oil, bitumen and octane! It holds no merit here.

There are toxins in many things we eat every day. Parsley can give you kidney and liver damage, potatos and other members of the nightshade family are also toxic as with many other foods, carrots i believe also contain toxins.

But you have to remember toxic as a word doesnt mean anything. People die from whats know as water toxicity. As such water has a level of toxicity, as with any other chemical in the universe! whats important is the level of toxicity, i.e. the dosage required to case fatalities in most people. while many or even most of the foods we eat contain toxins they dont produce levels great enough to make us sick!! (unless they are eating in large quantities)

A couple of days ago I ate 10 apricot kernels in one sitting! im still here arent i? I didnt even feel the slightest bit sick! in actual fact. my uncle once ate half a bowl of apricot kernels. At the time i was a little concerned and told him not to eat that many. but he is still here, he didnt get sick from it in even the slightest.

I wouldnt recommend eating them in large amounts, or giving them to young children without closely monitoring them first. But they are fine to eat.

Steven says...
Kert...With all due respect. Dont comment on things you know nothing about.

snottiegobble says...
Thanks Steven, yes I always grow organic broccoli from autumn through to spring along with the other brassicas.
Unfortunately then the cabbage white butterfly becomes a real pest followed by the more elusive & damaging cabbage moth grubs that are so hard to find.

Steven says...
Kert, im not even going to waste my time arguing with you.

Ive already rebutted every point youve made but you have somehow missed that. If you dont have anything constructive to say dont say it at all.

Jason says...
:S I can't believe you people are purposely eating Apricot kernels and other toxins in the hope of curing a disease caused by toxins and DNA damage in the first place. No one listens to me but you would be 1000 times better off in taking the toxicity stress off your body if you just stopped eating grains that contain gluten as early in life as possible

Randy says...
Is there anywhere you can buy apricot kernels when the fruit are not available?

snottiegobble says...
Yes I agree Wayne.
Back to pawpaws; Mine is in a large pot without much of a future because I wouldnt be able to get it back into the greenhouse for winter with all of its present foliage so if anyone would like some leaves let me know! It managed to get flower buds to the cream petal stage, but no developement since then.

amanda says...
Snottiegobble! lucky I didn't bet that $100 for real hey!? LOL!!! xx

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Even the male plants?

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emma says...
hi i live on the gold coast and was wondering where abouts anyone in qld gets there paw paw leaves (female). the iridologist i saw said that some people that farm these plants could quite possibly just give them to you off there trees free of charge, but if not i would pay. just wondering as i am very new to this
Emma Parr

M Nash says...
Maybe this?
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/papaya-leaf-extract-fights-cancer-20100310-pwd6.html

Ron says...
glenda female tree contains fruit as well as the bisexual tree they produce papain protyolytic enzyme, very useful with digestive complaints, the leaves and the stems should be sun dried, and made into tea, which should be golden colour, you should be able to get paw paw trees at your local nursery, if you live in Qld, hard in NSW they hate the frost....

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Yes Moringa is becoming very popular here due to it's versatility - used a lot by South Asian and Filippino communities. Great to have you on board Greg (notice how we aussies still always shorten your names).

Gregory MacCarthy says...
The Daley's website absolutely blows me away in terms of all the goodies that are available.
In Ghana there is a very limited selection of fruit.

Gregory MacCarthy says...
Hah! I have an ackee growing in my yard.
I just pruned it back severely in order to let some light into the garden during the wet.
It is a native of W. Africa. Seeds were taken to the Caribbean. "Ackee and Saltfish" is the national dish of Jamaica. I, myself, do not eat Ackee owing to the fact that it requires special preparation in order to remove the toxins from the flesh. I don't have time for that.
I rent the compound that I'm in and my landlord had planted a few trees around the place and Ackee was one of them. In fact, you can view the seedling surrounded by concrete blocks in the "before" photo above. It is slightly obscuring the view of the ancient steamroller - that still sits there to this day.
The roadsides in Ghana are not dripping with fruit, unfortunately. Rather, it is Australia that has an incredible cross - section of temperate, sub - tropical and tropical delights. When I lived in Oz -for a dozen years - it was Far North Queensland that had an incredible array of exotic goodies. But, as mentioned in my previous post, the gear that Daley's offers makes me weak at the knees. As far as I know, know one was growing blue berries or raspberries in N. NSW in the 80's and 90's let alone all the other gear from D's website. Phew!
Where I live, in northern Ghana, it is difficult to grow fruit because of the erratic town water supply and the fact that it can get up to 50C before the rain hits. As I write this, it is raining like the Dickens and of course there are very few facilities set up to catch all of this water. Bummer.
In my garden I have lime, grapes, guava, pineapple, papaya, plantain, moringa, bananas, mango. Just sprouting some passion fruit seeds from fruit bought at extortionate prices 850 k's south of here.
Would love to get some decent avo seeds but all the avocados I had here are watery, bitter and fibrous. Probably too hot to grow them in my area anyway.
Cheers Phil!

Mike says...
Gregory we do have it lucky in FNQ with the diversity of fruits available to grow.In southern Africa and eastern africa there really isn't the range of fruits commonly grown on other continents from what I saw and from markets and visits to shops.It is basically the same species that you mentioned.SE Asia has a much greater variety of fruit and veg. than northern Australia and you could order the seeds of many.The WI hybrid avos from hawaii and florida would grow at 8N latitude in Ghana and we have none of those in Australia.Just avoid any with mexican blood (sap) or predominantly guatemalan.It would cost alot but they are delivered internationally by some on-line nurseries.I would also try central and sth american companies.Some of the annonas,sapodillas,sapotes,jackfruit and a host of others would thrive in your climate and have some drought resistance.Southern India has a similar climate and I would check what is grown there.

Gregory MacCarthy says...
Thanks Mike and Nick!
Re; quarantine / customs, I always had the impression that one could smuggle a heard of cattle through the airport if need be. I just brought in a bag of paw paw seed and corriander from when I was yogically standing on me head in S. India. Yes, I saw sapotes and jackfruit there. I probably would have been strung up by Oz customs if caught.
Thanks for the great info by the way. I will look into this. It is raining like mad, as I write this and the river, about 100 m behind me has over flown and has now covered my latest banana / plantain crop while also lapping at the foundation of the house.
Quite often, when we get rains like this, they will open the floodgates on dams in Burkina Faso which exacerbates the problem.
When I was travelling through Thailand in the early 80's, a whole new world, in terms of fruit and veg unfolded through a haze of dope smoke. Growing up in Vancouver, I had no idea of the fruits and veg that existed. Incredible! But still, Mike, one has to admit that FNQ has a pretty incredible offering. I can remember I stayed at a place up on the Tablelands called Mary River Farm - I think the closest town was called Mareeba(?) from memory.
We grew a wide variety of fruits there. God, that place was beautiful!
Anyway guys, I have to watch these water levels behind my house. Will look into all the offerings of seed and various seed companies after I make my landlord an offer on the land.
Very grateful for all of your inputs!!!!!
Still would like to find out how Daley's dwarfed that paw paw. Who knows, I might even ring them.
Cheers. Greggo.

Mike says...
Gregory, it sounds like you are talking about Maryfarms between Mt Carbine and Mount Molloy,maybe 70km NE of Mareeba.It is the Einasleigh Uplands rather than the Atherton Tablelands being lower and drier.Mary Creek comes off Mt Lewis which is about as good as rainforest gets in Australia.
I presume you are near Tamate'.If you could get seeds of Thai dwarf paw paw or aussie red they would be a sensation over there.

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Hey Gregory, have you ever tried white sapote (casimiroa)? Flavour of the month here atm, prob too hot for you guys but well worth growing, half the reason I moved up here from Victoria is to grow them.

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Hey Greg yes am at Tyalgum, I use Murwillumbah as my location as I guess more forum users would be familiar with it. Natural Bridge is a stunning location eh?
Nice little video of Tyalgum in the link below

http://flutterbies.com.au

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Paul says...
Hey Phil is that somewhere near Tropical Fruit World? Have been meaning to pay it a visit.

john says...
picture number two is a male tree and only polinates

Nick says...
If anyone wants some, I have an abundance of papaya seeds from Thailand (in hindsight I shouldn't have bought 2 packets...):)