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Pawpaw discussion continues

The Pawpaw discussion continues and the memories are sweet but I still wonder why the trees in my yard remain fruitless year after year.

By Linda Waggener

The Pawpaw discussion which began with Larry Clark's extensive photo collection reminded me how much I love the taste, or how much I think I love the taste.

I haven't eaten a right-off-the-tree warm Pawpaw in forty years or more, so it could just be the memories of being out on the Sulphur Well farm sharing them with Mom and Dad in late summer under ancient trees.



The texture is almost identical to an overripe banana and the taste as I recall is somewhat similar but not as sweet. The peel is smooth as silk and the Pawpaw seeds are large.

I enjoyed Billy Joe Fudge's scientific article on what accounts for the differences in the color of the fruit. I hope he will shed more light as he has time to write and help figure why a small grove of Pawpaw trees in our yard never bears fruit.

Larry's Pawpaw grove photos are linked to this story, after you click 'read more' scroll down to see all three of them.


This story was posted on 2015-11-28 10:04:50
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Lovely Pawpaw Trees on Larry Clark place



2015-11-27 - Mt. Carmel Community, Adair County, KY - Photo by Larry D. Clark.
This Pawpaw grove gives the appearance of one tree but this stand is actually three or four trees. These Pawpaw trees yield fruit with a deep yellow flesh, though elsewhere in the county pawpaw fruit tends to be custard color.

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Pawpaws on the ground with one of the yellow leaves from the tree



2015-11-28 - Mt. Carmel Community, Adair County, KY - Photo by Larry D. Clark.
Pawpaws left on the ground become banquets for these butterflies.

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Pawpaws on the tree ready to ripen



2015-11-28 - Mt. Carmel Community, Adair County, KY - Photo by Larry D. Clark.
Pawpaw fruit grows in clumps, ripening in late summer. This is the scene that I should find in my yard but alas our trees remain fruitless year after year. -- LW

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Pawpaw trees hide historic Adair County Store



2015-11-28 - Mt. Carmel Community, Adair County, KY - Photo by Larry Clark.
Pawpaw trees almost completely hide the old Cave Store building on the Naomi Cave property in the Mt. Carmel Community in Adair County, KY.

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