Is There New Wealth

In The Pawpaw?

Papeete, Nov. 20.

There are possibilities for yet to the r new industry (in Idition to tourism ) for hiti —the extensive cultivation papaya (pawpaw) for the traction of papain, which is w in world-wide use as a iat tenderiser. \dolph Rempp, founder and rater of Adolph’s Tenderizer, s sent a young American, illy Green, to Tahiti to take nples of local papaya, which )ws abundantly.

Vhe suitability of these nples will be tested in the ited States and, if up to ndard, the intensive cultiva n of papaya in Tahiti will attempted. 4. new source of supply is ressary because of the un tainty of supplies from itically troubled Africa, and > rising prices of papaya. n o extract papain, the skin of ; green fruit is pierced with a tallic comb-like instrument, i the resulting juice is mixed h salt. The thick paste is r n dried and sent to the tory for final processing, ut the problem of an adequate )ply of papaya is vast as it ,es about 1,000 fruit to pro re one pound of papain, idolph Rempp is not putting his fruit into one basket, vever—he hopes to acquire r old Royal Tahitian Hotel, the black sand beach at xona, about three miles from oeete, and take over with new ection during 1961.