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  • From: lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: natelson@stehlinclinic.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Paw Paw species propagation
  • Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:23:07 -0500

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

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-----
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Heron Breen
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:08 PM
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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