[NAFEX] Paw Paw species propagation
lee reich
lreich at hvc.rr.com
Wed Nov 9 16:23:07 EST 2005
Here's what I wrote about other species in my book Uncommon Fruits
for Every Garden (Timber Press, 2004):
Some of the pawpaw’s deficiencies could be overcome by
hybridization with other members of the genus Asimina, to wit some of
the Southern species, with which pawpaw readily crosses and which
excel in complementary qualities. For example, A. parviflora is an
upright shrub or small tree that is cold-hardy to the coastal plain
of Virginia, is self-fruitful, and ripens its (barely) edible fruits
weeks before the pawpaw. To make the flowers more attractive to
insects, one might introduce some blood of the fragrant-flowered A.
reticulata. Pawpaws might even be grown for their flowers as well as
their fruits if they had the lovely, four-inch-diameter flowers of A.
obovata.
Delicious hybrids also might result from cross-breeding
the pawpaw with some of its tropical and subtropical relatives, such
as the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and sugar apple (Annona
squamosa). Thus far, such hybrids are elusive.
Lee Reich, PhD
www.leereich.com
Books by Lee Reich:
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening
On Nov 9, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Ethan Natelson, M.D. wrote:
> Yes, an expert on these is Lester Davis who does not participate in
> this
> chat line but does have e-mail. He has collected, photographed and
> studied
> these species and lectured about it to us at a Southern Fruit
> Fellowship
> meeting a few years ago. I can send you his e-mail address off
> line when I
> get home this evening.
>
> Ethan Natelson, Houston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Heron Breen
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:08 PM
> To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] Paw Paw species propagation
>
>
> Hey folks,
> I understand there is two other species of Paw Paw native to the US
> besides
> A.
> triloba. Has anyone used these as dwarfing or early fruiting
> rootstocks for
> A.
> triloba? Both are smaller trees or shrubs. Also, has anyone eaten
> their
> fruit or
> selected any seedlings?
> Sincerely,
> Heron Breen
> zone 4, Maine
>
>
>
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