PawPaw

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“America’s Forgotten Native Fruit Tree” Two and three year old seedlings from high quality seed source. Plant two for pollination. The pawpaw is a deciduous, often narrowly conical tree growing about 15 feet tall on average with an interesting tropical appearance. The pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native to America. Individual fruits weigh 5 to 16 ounces and are 3 to 6 inches in length. The larger sizes will appear plump, similar to the mango. A pawpaw's flavor is sunny, electric, and downright tropical: a riot of mango-banana-citrus that's incongruous with its temperate, deciduous forest origins. They also have a subtle kick of a yeasty, floral aftertaste a bit like unfiltered wheat beer. Dormant, velvety, dark brown flower buds develop in the axils of the previous years' leaves. They produce maroon, upside-down flowers up to 2 inches across. Each flower contains several ovaries which explains why a single flower can produce multiple fruits. Show more