Shenandoah pawpaw taste real good and real large.
Tony
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Tony can’t help but keep rubbing it in with pictures:joy:
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Do you grow any pawpaw? I liked them and I hope you will too. Wabash, Mango, Shenandoah, Halvin, and Susquehanna are my favorite.
Tony
No, I grow a lot of things but not paw paw. Although your pic convinced me to grow them. Are they easy?
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Yes, but they are slow grower. All mine are 7 years old and at 7 feet tall
Tony,
Do any of those varieties stand out over the others? What’s the ripening order? I have Shenandoah, KSU-Atwood, and Sunflower from Rolling River that were planted in 2016. No fruit yet for me.
I liked them in this order: Mango, Shenandoah, Halvin, Wabash, Susquehanna. Ripening order are Shenandoah, Mango, Halvin, Wabash, Susquehanna.
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That’s interesting. England’s web site says that Halvin ripens “3 weeks earlier than all other pawpaws”, and I’ve read that Mango’s an early one. Sounds like Shenandoah is super early. England also states that the KSU Atwood is early. That leaves Sunflower as a late variety. I wonder if there will be any gaps in between them? If so, it’s an excellent excuse to plant another variety!
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Shenandoah and Mango are about one week apart and Halvin follow about a week later.
Thanks. I guess I’ll wait until I find some more data points on the KSU Atwood and Sunflower. It’s too bad there isn’t much information on this, like with other fruits. Halvin might be one to get. Also, it’s interesting that you pretty much like whatever comes first with paw paws. You’d think that a variety that holds its fruit on the tree longer would produce a better flavor…
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NJ Paw Paw tasting event found !!!
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I bought pulp from them before and I was not impressed. But did bite the bullet and order some fresh fruit this year. ETA today.
The pawpaws they sell at Rocky Point Farm in RI are the real deal. They have the Peterson varieties and some others like Wilson and NC1, but the best I had from them was a chance seedling from a wild selection in Indiana. It was very big, had light colored flesh with good flavor, and very few seeds. I know it was wild because the farmer told me that it was the largest pawpaw he’d picked all year when I bought it, and I emailed them to ask what the variety was. I tried growing the seeds from that one pawpaw and had a tree growing until I killed it in the first season by leaving out in the sun for too long.
If you’re in the area, they sell the pawpaws at their farm on Saturday mornings in October. You need to arrive well before they open to get a good enough spot in line to guarantee that you’ll get to bring some home.
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Shenandoah and Susquehanna pawpaws are ready to be freeze for later use sometime this Winter and coming Spring.
Tony
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Looks delicious. I can hardly wait for mine to start producing. Is the plastic wrap to prevent freezer burn?
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Yes. I did the same thing to freeze persimmons and figs.
Tony
So you just freeze them whole, as easy as that?
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I peeled the skin and wrapped with plastic food wrap then placed them into a 1 gallon Ziplock.
Tony
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EDIT: Red Fern Farm is no-longer shipping pawpaws.
Dax
You-Pick at Red Fern Farm for 2018 | Red Fern Farm
Some of their varieties off the top of my head: NC-1, Susquehana, Shenandoah, Overleese, Atria, Betria, Regulus, Pennsylvania Golden #1, Pennsylvania Golden #2.
Atria, Betria, and Regulus are their own selections and are every bit as wonderful as Peterson’s pawpaws.
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Thanks, Dax. I’m OTP with them right now (they are very nice!), ordering 5 pounds. They add 3% if you pay by paypal or credit card, rather than check. I’ll try to cancel the Integration Acres order. They suspended all of the orders for 2 weeks right after I placed my order for a local Paw Paw festival.
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