Same reason for me growing! I have a hard enough time keeping my mangos alive from the couple freezes a year! It would be nice to have something with cherimoya taste and texture thats also cold hardy!
i just planted a supreme grade horns white! Cant wait to taste! Has anyone ever tasted?
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I know some on the forum have tested it before but I have not. I plan to RE-graft it next year, it didnāt make it last year.
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He probably ate McDonaldās and snoked cigarettes too!
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Where did you see information on Benson being a Susquehanna seedling?
I was told by KSU staff that benson was a seedling of Susquehanna.
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Do you remember who?
Maybe I will email Sheri Crabtree & ask.
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My files indicate that Chappell (KSU 4-1), is thought to be a seedling of Susquehanna with an unknown pollen donor, and that ā KYSU Benson (āKSU 7-5ā), resulted from a failed graft in an older section of the orchard that had not been well tended. Please fact check and correct me if my data is false.
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Need young, unadulterated taste buds to be a truly effective taste tester of pawpaw fruits.
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I believe young or old, some taste buds detect a slight toxic bitterness that others donāt and this is what separates paw paw fans, from the indifferent. However, Iāve only tasted them as grown in my northeastern area.
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I was told by Sherry Crabtree that according to their records āKSU Bensonā was a seedling of āsusquehannaā and āKSU Chappellā was an unknown seedling from a hedgerow. You can double check with her or Dr. Pomper.
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Thanks. I will double check this.
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What is your point? I hope you arenāt trolling, but if you are joking, I donāt get it. If you are trolling, please take it down- that isnāt a feature of this forum. I, for one, am too old for that form of exchange. If it was an innocent joke, I apologize for not getting it.
Napalm has nothing to do with plant bitterness, even if petroleum comes from plants (and animals). I expect that napalm probably tastes a bit like gasoline, something I have tasted when siphoning it. I have discussed the issue of paw-paw bitterness on this forum and with fellow growers in my area, and the ones in my area that Iāve discussed this with who adore paw-paws can detect no bitterness. The ones who donāt, can.
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I was only trying to understand your post, if I was assuming anything I wouldnāt have questioned you. I even pre-apologized, but hereās another apology for suggesting negative motives on your part. But please donāt assume that someone who misses one of your jokes is lacking a sense of humor- the internet is not a complete form of communication- thatās why folks use emojis.
Of course the leaves smell toxic- thatās why only a starving deer is likely to eat them.
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Donāt bother him, Alanā¦heās been buying seeds and trees like crazyā¦so encourage his youthful zeal. Us old folks donāt get that excited about things as younger ones like Osteen does.
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Heās forgiven me for my half accusation, so allās good. I fault myself for not giving him the benefit of the doubt but his 2 comments preceding mine confused me. Iām just not always in tune with the lingo of the youngsters nowadays, but thatās probably the point. It was when I was young- our lingo was like a signifier that we were not like those old fogies and I donāt blame anyone for wanting some separation from us boomers.
Oh wait, Osteen is a boomer- heās been eating paw paws for 60 years. I had my first one only 25 years ago.
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Sheri Crabtree response:
Yes, KSU-Benson is an open pollinated seedling of Susquehanna, the other parent is unknown at this point. Descriptions of Benson and Chappell can be found in the Register of New Fruit and Nut Cultivars here: Register of New Fruit and Nut Cultivars List 50 in: HortScience Volume 55 Issue 7 (2020)
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