David wrote "I once walked with fellow fruit-nut friend Stuart Wilson through a paw paw 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."
That contradicts my own limited experience with paw paws. I have 2 grafted varieties, I think Sunflower and Overlease and the one I assume to be Sunflower (much later ripening) tastes better to me but these 2 contrast minimally compared to the huge improvement both show over 2 seedling trees I had planted several years prior that were mostly seed and little fruit.
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[NAFEX] relative flavor of paw paws,
Alan Haigh, 12/23/2008