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Variety of Pawpaw · Asimina triloba
Reliable cultivar with yellow flesh, mild flavour and good fruit size.
Also known as: Mary Foos Johnson
Edible value9Medicinal value5Other uses5
🇺🇸 USA 1982

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sweettenderaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Wildselektion / Zimmerman-Umfeld
Breeder
John Gordon (Verbreitung)
Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Fruit weight
220 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Medium to large fruit with yellow, creamy flesh and a mild, sweet flavour.

Yield

Good, regular yields; a common home-garden variety in the northeastern US.

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