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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 09:41 PM 09/15/2002 -0500, J.Frisk wrote:
> I just
> had my first Papaws from my orchard.  I have had the trees for about
> 20 years.  They are about 20 feet high.  I believe that I have
> just one variety.  It suckered another large stem a number of years
> ago that is as tall as the original tree.  I planted two varieties
> but the other one died almost immediately.

Judson,
If these were grafted selections, the root sucker that came up is from
the seedling rootstock, and is, indeed, a second 'variety', thus
providing the opportunity for cross-pollination between the 
two.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY