KSU-Atwood
Variety of Pawpaw · Asimina triloba
The first official KSU cultivar: productive, aromatic and with few seeds.
Also known as: Atwood
9
5
5🇺🇸 USA 2009
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sweettenderaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Kentucky State University Zuchtprogramm
- Breeder
- Kentucky State University (Kirk Pomper)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 250 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium to large fruit with yellow, creamy flesh, sweet flavour and low seed content.
Growth
The first release from Kentucky State University's breeding programme, the leading pawpaw research centre.
Yield
Very productive and consistent – recommended for commercial growing.
Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Pawpaw unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page
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