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Subject: [nafex] Pawpaw question and jujube observation
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 22:06:18 -0400
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?
Observation- I have a 'So' jujube that has been bearing at my site at
least 5 years. This year is the first that my younger jujube 'Sherwood'
has bloomed. Sherwood set no fruit this year, but has greatly - I
estimate at least 3-4 times- increased the fruit on my 'So'. Limbs are
so laden with fruit, some appear to be close to breaking under the load.
I had read before of self-fruitful trees benefiting from a pollinizer,
but I have never seen such a dramatic difference!