PAPAYA - Coorg Honeydew

• It is a selection from Honey Dew or popularly called Madhu Bindu.
• It is gynodioecious in nature and semi-dwarf. 
• Fruits on an average weigh about 1.5 to 2.0 kg, skin is dark in colour with ridging on the surface. 
• Fruits from hermaphrodite trees are elongated and oval, from female it is ovoid. Pulp is yellow in colour and on ripening melts; TSS is around 13.5° Brix. Keeping quality is poor.
• It yields about 70 kg per tree. 
• Cultivation of Coorg Honey Dew papaya has resulted in 25-30% increased yield of fruits and papain