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[lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

Perhaps not. They need a certain amount of warmth to ripen. Quoting, again, from my book, "the fruit needs enough summer warmth and about 160 days to ripen, or about 2600 growing degree days calculated between fifty and eighty-six degrees Fahrenheit (USDA Hardiness Zones 4 through 8)."

Lee Reich
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On Sep 22, 2004, at 2:09 PM, Pat Meadows wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:13:33 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Pawpaw is another name for the tropical fruit papaya. The cold-hardy 
> > pawpaw, to -30 degrees F. or colder, is Asimina triloba, a delicious 
> > fruit tasting somewhat like vanilla custard and banana. My book 
> > Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden has a whole chapter on the cold-hardy 
> > pawpaws, which also are pest-free and require little or no pruning.
>
> But will they bear fruit in an area with summer nights often
> down into the low 40s?  
>
> Pat
>
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