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[Jerry Lehman <jwlehmantree@gmail.com>]

On 8/18/2015 10:06 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:
> I am seeing conflicting information on fruit sites, so I wanted to 
> poll the community: has anyone observed - do pawpaws grown from seed 
> come fairly true to parent's characteristics? 
Hello Betsy,

The genetic variations in pawpaw isn't nearly as broad as it is for 
example with Malus. Based on my experience of breeding pawpaw I believe 
you would be very happy with seedlings from selected second-generation 
pawpaws, as long as both the seed and pollen parent are select 
second-generation.

Jerry