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  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Seeking advice about paw paws
  • Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:24:14 -0400

Hidden Springs Nursery ( http://www.hiddenspringsnursery.com/ ) has a nice selection of Pawpaw, and they are nice people. I've found I have better luck in general if I buy from nurseries closer to me, and in particular, if plants don't need to be shipped over the rockies.

Ginda

On Apr 16, 2006, at 12:24 AM, Diane Porter wrote:

I live in southeast Iowa and want to try paw paws. I understand they
do nicely here, but I've never seen, let alone tasted, a paw paw
fruit, but they sound wonderful.

A couple of years ago, a NAFEX subscriber kindly sent me some paw paw
seeds. Unfortunately, only the deer got to taste the paw paws, but
they by no means waited for the fruit. They yanked the seedlings
right out of the ground, wiping out my entire crop in one night.

I now have a serious deer fence on its way to me, and I want to try
again. Is there a reasonable expectation of getting tasty fruits from
seedlings? Or do I need to purchase grafted trees (about $25 each
from Raintree)? Being optimistic about the quality of seedlings, I
would like to try raising the trees from seed, bu I'm getting too old
to wait years for fruit and then be disappointed in the taste. So I'd
appreciate the expert advice of fellow NAFEXers. I also wonder if
anyone can suggest somewhere that I can obtain some seeds.

Diane Porter, Fairfield, Iowa




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