So I talked to Dale and he gave me a little info on “Dr. Chill”…
He said it’s large and tasty and that people love it (but that he has trouble describing flavors). Overleese is a parent…other unknown. Mid season ripening and rather upright tree. A little seedier than Peterson varieties, but worth growing.
don’t know if this source was ever posted…but I suspect so
…retired Rutgers Professor of Agriculture
…offers many grafted paw paw varieties and other good stuff
withdrawn by author
Charlie’s a good guy.
If I already have all the Peterson pawpaws, is there much variation for me to need to add some Lehman cultivars, KSU varieties and various other pawpaws? Do they vary that much in flavor/texture to be worth buying more? I have the space.
Depends on how much you like pawpaw. There are thousands of apples, but in the end they taste like apple. IMO the main taste variances are between white and orange fleshed varieties.
@Robert ’s answer is a great one.
If you’re not particularly obsessed with pawpaw, I would say no point.
The Peterson selections offer a decent range of flavors in themselves and are nearly peerless in terms of size and texture.
However if you just wanted a couple more I would recommend Lehman varieties, particularly JBG.
If you could only plant 1 white flesh, and 1 yellow flesh pawpaw, what would they be?
I’ve only had wild ones, which have been all white, so unfamiliar with the yellow ones.
I am obsessed with all fruit, I just didn’t know if it was still worth having other varieties and enough differences between them to keep adding beyond Peterson’s, if they were already considered the best of them all. Thank you!
Very true, however I have 30+ apples and find them all lovely and different and can’t be without a single one of them 
I guess there’s my answer lol
I think they’re superb but so are Lehman’s and possibly some others out there. A hardcore pawpaw collector in my opinion should have as many Lehman varieties as possible.
I’m a little soured on the KSU cultivars but they are mostly vigorous and large fruited.
What’s your beef with the KSU varieties? I’ve heard about the issues with Atwood’s uneven ripening, but I haven’t heard anything bad about Benson, and it seems like everyone says that Chappell is superb.
I have all three but haven’t gotten any fruit yet.
What are some of the best white fleshed varieties? Al Horn and Shenandoah are the most well known, but what are the other good ones?
Based on what I’ve heard from a few others and my own experience with Chappell last year, it’s possible that Chappell may have an issue with cracking/splitting in rainy weather. Mine fruited for the first time last year so I certainly can’t say anything decisive about it yet, but I did have 3 of 4 fruits split pretty badly when ripening through a spell of rain. I’ve had the occasional Wabash split in rainy weather, but it doesn’t seem to be a major issue with that variety. None of my other varieties that have fruited thus far have split in rainy weather (Shenandoah, Mango, Allegheny, Overleese).
I agree with others that Chappell produces great tasting fruit with good size and flesh to seed ratio. I really liked the taste of them last year. I’m just disappointed at how badly and readily they split and hoping that isn’t going to be a regular issue with it. I had never heard or read anywhere that Chappell can crack/split in wet weather before finding out last year, so I was a bit surprised by that.
I’m sure I’ll get a better idea of how the variety performs later this summer, as my tree has a lot more fruit on it this year.
That’s probably the biggest one. If the issue occurs again this year, I’m pulling my (huge) Atwood out.
As I see @TJ_westPA mentioned above, Chappell has cracking issues for me even in the absence of phyllosticta.
I’ve had the uneven ripening on Benson too but not as much. Don’t recall ever having it with Chappell.
Aside from these specific issues, I’ve decided the flavor profile is not to my liking except possibly Benson.
Atwood and Chappell seem too fruit-candy-like - not nuanced enough. Now, some may be looking for exactly that, so more power to those folks. I just think others are better in my book. JBG is my current favorite.
I had a great rich Benson last year but ironically 75% of the fruit was a hard white “tumor” 
Some may be interested in this NAFEX pawpaw webinar:
Membership is $19/yr.
I’ve lost two of my seedlings this year, and am thinking of getting replaced- what varieties are late bloom, fairly early ripe? I’m thinking of the local grow conditions.
watering I can do, shade/remove shade is easy. the weather, I can’t control.
I am looking to grow Pawpaws in zone 5b Northern IL. So for I have ordered an NC-1 and Allegheny. I was wondering if anyone had any success growing Susquehanna or Mango and getting the fruit to ripen in time before first frost (usually Oct 12)?
Are you growing any of the unreleased ones there? I thought I read that you were. I’ve got 5 different ones that I grafted here this spring including the coveted, difficult to propagate one. It looks like all 5 have taken.
Maybe Atwood would do better up here with less intense heat? We get a lot of 70s and 80s, but usually only get over 90 a few times. I’ve only been over 93 once in 18 years here.
I can neither confirm nor deny this
If I hypothetically were, I wouldn’t have any feedback because they wouldn’t have fruited.