To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] paw paw seedlings
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:57:39 -0500
I once walked with fellow fruit-nut friend Stuart Wilson through a pawpaw
experimental seedling orchard at the Wye Station on the eastern shore of
Maryland. We sampled fallen fruit. We couldn't tell ANY difference in
taste/quality
of the flesh from tree to tree. I admit though, that our taste buds were
saturated
quickly, and we didn't use anything to "clear our palates" between trees.
~David Consolvo
Hungrytown, Virginia
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From: "Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:22:45 -0500
>I put this question out a couple weeks ago but no one answered, I even e'd
>the chairman of the paw paw special interest group to no avail. Do paw paw
>seedlings closely duplicate the fruit quality of the parent plant?
>Obviously the seeds are the result of cross pollination from a second plant
>but if both parents have high quality fruit with a good fruit to seed ratio
>are the seedlings likely to be of similar quality?
>
>
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