KSU-Benson
Variety of Pawpaw · Asimina triloba
Productive KSU cultivar with large, sweet fruit and low seed content.
Also known as: Benson, Chappell
9
5
5🇺🇸 USA 2016
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
- 260 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large fruit with creamy yellow flesh, sweet flavour and few seeds.
Yield
High, reliable yields; selected for commercial production.
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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