permaculture

[Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>]

Pawpaws are certainly found in some parts of southern Ontario, Canada, 
but they are rare, limited to the Niagara Peninsula and regions near 
Lake Erie.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Niagara Peninsula



Pat Meadows wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:04:46 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > This is pretty interesting. Do you eat them raw? 
> > Chew them or crack them or swallow them whole?
>
> Papayas are called 'pawpaws' in Australia and other places.  This may be
> what was meant.  
>
> So far as I know, the fruit called 'pawpaw' in the USA, Asimina triloba, is
> only found in this country, and just possibly in some parts of southern
> Canada.
>
> USA pawpaw:  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawpaw
>
> vs.
>
> Australian (etc.) pawpaw:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya 
>
> Pat
> -- northern Pennsylvania