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Asimina – Allegheny Peterson Pawpaw Tree
Allegheny Pawpaw, Asimina triloba, is a precocious, productive tree. This fruit is a favorite of many consumers. The skin stays purely green at ripeness.
Key Features of the Allegheny pawpaw:
- Medium fleshiness. Percent seed ~ 8% by weight.
- Flavor sweet, rich, a hint of citrus. Texture medium firm, smooth. Flesh color yellow.
- Fruit size typically less than 8 oz. Very productive to the point that fruit size suffers.
- Trees will require fruit thinning to keep fruit size over 8 oz.
- This has been a continual favorite of those who taste it.
The Missouri native Pawpaw Tree produces fruit in fall that has a flavor reminiscent of bananas. In fact, the Pawpaw Tree is referred to as the Missouri Banana Tree. It often spreads by root suckers to form colonies or thickets. The host plant to the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly, their caterpillars exclusively eat Pawpaw leaves.
Growing instructions: Plant in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, acidic, fertile soils. Will grow in shade but becomes leggy.
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