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  • From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaws for cold zones
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:37:19 -0400

Pawpaws can definitely survive in zone 4 but they need sufficient summer heat
to ripen their fruits.

Lee Reich, PhD
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http://leereich.com/blog.html.

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On Mar 25, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Sarah Kehler Ewing wrote:

> Sorry to ask you to rehash things for me, but I've been deleting pawpaw
> messages thinking that they couldn't be grown anywhere near here... and now
> I see that Dominion carries a zone 4 rated paw-paw called "pawpaw Taywo
> asimina triloba". Ever heard of it/any comments?
>
> Are Pawpaws usually grafted or seedlings?
>
> What do you need pollination?
>
> Any recommendations of other varieties?
>
> Sarah
> zone 3
> Edmonton, AB
>
>
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