29 MARCH 1924, Page 11

In common with many other West Indian travellers, Lord Harris,

who has just returned from the Caribbean, has fallen a victim to the delights of the pawpaw, which enjoys a widespread popularity in tropical countries by reason of its digestive qualities. Lord Harris's letter, in which he talks of the " golden top of the pawpaw gleaming under some crushed ice," must have made the mouths of many thousands of readers of the Times water. Lord Harris inquires why large quantities of the fruit cannot be brought over to Great Britain and distributed commer- cially, but alas' for the dyspeptic among us, the manager of Messrs. Elders and Fyffes states that it is impossible to bring these soft fruits from the tropicS. So, unfortunately, we must go about our daily avocations pawpawless !