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[mark wessel <growyourown@earthlink.net>]

I love paw paw and eat them every day when I am at work. We have many named 
varieties including most of the Peterson material. My favorites are 
Shenandoah, Potomac and a few selections from Jerry Lehman. Only numbers for 
Jerry's. A few things things separate my favorites from wild populations and 
some other named varieties. All of my favorites have sweet, pure and intense 
flavor with no off flavors. No earthy or green notes come through. Texture is 
better and seed to pulp ratio is very good. Some varieties and wild trees are 
packed with seeds.

We have a long season of ripening starting in mid to late august and 
extending into October some years. I thoroughly enjoy eating them with no 
worries or feelings of guilt until someone brings up the study about paw paws 
causing parkinson’s disease. What a buzz kill.


> On Nov 24, 2020, at 8:25 AM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think it takes a certain amount of eating pawpaws to lose your taste for 
> them. I’ve noticed this in other once-pawpaw-enthusiasts also.
> 
> Lee
> Lee Reich, PhD
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> •Landscaping with Fruit
> •Grow Fruit Naturally
> 
>> On Nov 24, 2020, at 5:47 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I have only tasted two named varieties Mango and Shenandoah.  They were 
>> both delicious, sweet, fruity, bright without the taste/smell of overripe 
>> banana (tang) that the wild fruits contain.
>> 
>> There was a 6 year gap between tasting them so I cannot compare their 
>> tastes directly. I do remember the mango surprised me with its 
>> deliciousness.
>> 
>> In my experience, the selected varieties are worth the effort. That is why 
>> I keep trying to buy grafted trees and to graft my sprouts.
>> 
>> Elizabeth
>> 
>> On 11/24/2020 5:41 AM, Alan Haigh wrote:
>>> I believe that some people can taste the slight toxic tang of paw paws and
>>> some can't.  Those that can't think they are absolutely delicious and 
>>> those
>>> that can are never big fans. Unfortunately, like Lee,  I fall in the 
>>> latter
>>> group.
>>> 
>>> I've never tasted a Peterson variety, though.
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