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  • From: Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [nafex] Pawpaw report - differences among fruit on same tree
  • Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:45:20 -0400

My 6 year at site Shenandoah has finally produced a crop. My 2 year at site Potomac produced a single flower which apparently was enough to pollinate multiple Shenandoah flowers.

The taste of the fuit was very good, but what really caught my attention was the variability among the fruits; some of them had creamy white flesh, some pale yellow and some a peach color. The flavors differed among fruits too- from a vanilla-custard to a tutti fruity sweetness, and the one I had today tasted just like a very ripe banana.

I guess it is normal for fruit sizes to differ depending upon the fruit growing alone or in a cluster- I did observe that as well. Has anyone else noticed this kind of color and flavor variability from a single selected variety?

Betsy Hilborn
7a NC




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