Asimina giganticus Pawpaw? Kentucky Legend, Magnum, Titan. These are all the same. I purchased a bucket of budwood of this tree from the Woodster 3 years ago. I spread the scion far and wide. He informed me that it was going to ‘Revolutionize’ the Pawpaw Industry. I sent some to universities and to professional grafters. I followed the history of it on pawpaw planet. Originally, he suspected it was a ‘Chimera’. I observed the photo of the gigantic leave under glass that he displayed. I have several of these Legend/Magnum/Titans growing and they all have average pawpaw sized leaves. I spoke with Clifford England whose name speaks for itself; he informed me that this Cultivar of Woody’s is the result of a failed ‘Potomac’ graft performed by Cliffe in 2015. After the Potomac failed, Woody grew out the seedling rootstock which was an open pollinated 250-39 ‘Jerrys Big Girl’. Mr. England informed me that Lehman’s’ ‘Jerrys Big Girl’ throws out some excellent offspring. My Friend Han who has over three hundred pawpaw trees in his orchard in South Korea confirms this about JBG. He has a new cultivar derived from Lehman’s JBG that he has named ‘Touch of The Sky’. Heavenly flavored says Han.
Affirmative.
Indeed.
Thanks for the information. But I didn’t fully understand it. You wrote that its leaves are standard, medium-sized. Are the declared properties of the Titan variety regarding the large size of the leaves and the large size of the fruits real or is it just marketing? Because Woody Walker has a photo of huge leaves and fruits. And there is also information about a larger number of chromosomes, similar to Jerry Big Girl.
I have too. 
The fruits are indeed large, and this cultivar is a solid contribution to meaty pawpaws, and is a good breeding pawpaw as is its Mother JBG.The taste of Kentucky Giganticus,Legend/Magnum/Titan to me is mediocre, and I prefer ‘Sunflower’ over this cultivar, but taste is subjective, and reports are that many find this cultivar very flavorful. The leaves are normal size from what I have observed and from reports that I have received from others. Regarding the chromosomes etc., I have no information on this whatsoever, other than What Mr. Walker has claimed. Perhaps you should invite Woody Walker to this conversation, I invited Mr. Walker here to Growingfriut.org to join the conversation a while back when Blake Cothron stated (in response to someone’s question) that he had heard that the taste descriptions of Kentucky Champion, (not to be confused with Gig.,Leg.,Mag.,Titan) were based on old nursery hype.
That’s what I’m doing. I have a tree that I am multigrafting. For me, I just aim for a sort of upside down umbrella shape. The main leader and then 2 or 3 more varieties spread around the trunk.
Pawpaw leaves can grow larger due to being in shade. In full sun the leaves can be smaller. Many plants compensate like this to maximize photosynthetic potential by maximizing leaf surface area. This might explain the extremely large leaves displayed for ‘KY Titan’.
We nurserymen are running a business after all. What would the nursery trade be without a little hype? However, honesty is most important. I try hard not to over-hype my selections but give dependable and honest reviews, with a little colorful flare here and there to create some excitement. This is the basic duty of any merchant.
I find over-hyping a plant creates mistrust in the long run and can make a nursery look shady, even if it garners excitement at first and you make a little money.
Well said Mr. Cothron.
I have given up on Paw Paws 4 raccoon pressure
Oh wow, kind of surprised raccoons hit them that hard. They (pawpaws)must be abundant in your area to have raccoons knowing how to spot them quickly.
My friend has given up on ever trying a peach off his tree due to squirrels, so you’re not alone in giving up on something you grow.
Racoons co evolved with paw paws. Long before they were eating our garbage they were eating paw paws
Raccoons pressure can drastically impact yields of pawpaw. I’ve lost many fruit to the coons. Live trapping can help, although relocation is a hotly debated topic. I posted this video about how to deal with raccoons by removing low branches and attaching aluminum flashing to tree trunks:
For me they are growing as an understory tree on one side of the house under pine trees.
and the sun gives a minimal amount of sunlight per day on one side, so i only get fruiting branches on the lower branches unfortunately (which are reaching towards that sunny area). so i can’t remove the lower branches (unless i cut more of the pine branches 15ft+ up).
Someone was asking me the other day if any good motion sensor type things you can add to trees which make sounds which would deter them (or sounds that humans can’t hear but they can).
Note: i did catch one in a HaveAHeart trap in my persimmon area last year. so ill prob at least place it there next year.
I think only dogs, traps, and physical barriers are going to work consistently with raccoons. They are quite intelligent and tough creatures.
Of course you could kill them also, that wouldn’t be controversial though 
PETA would come after the pawpaw growers
Doesn’t PETA stand for P.eople E.ating T.asty A.nimals
I don’t saw any post about this tree until now. I suspect (based on it’s location) that it’s one of ‘Fairchild’ seedlings from John Hershey’s nursery…
I found this recently also. Of course the seeds may or may not produce a self-pollinating seedling. The fruits look on the small side.
I submitted this to a Pawpaw Conference earlier this year on Neal Peterson’s request, thought you all might enjoy it. If anyone has any thoughts on it let me know:
2025 Pawpaw List of Currently Commercially Available Cultivars with Commercial Significance.
By: Blake Cothron Peaceful Heritage nursery LLC.
Allegheny: Highly productive, needs thinning. 8% seed weight. High quality fruit. Peterson variety.
Atria: Heavy-bearing with large, elongated fruit. From Iowa.
Avatar: From Kentucky. An early, large pawpaw with delicious flavor and fairly low seed weight. KSU seedling. Cothron introduction.
Benny’s Favorite: Excellent flavor, average size fruits. Lehman cultivar.
Bertria: Heavy-bearing cultivar with large, good-flavored fruit. From Iowa.
Canopus: Very productive, high quality fruit from Iowa grown from Peterson seed. Deserves attention.
Cawood: High quality fruit, difficult to find in the nursery trade. From Iowa.
Cataloupe: Medium sized tasty fruit. From Kentucky. Walker cultivar.
Florence White: Wild seedling from Kentucky. Very light yellow/white flesh. Excellent caramel flavor and creamy texture medium sized fruits. Some frost resistance.
Freebyrd: From Kentucky, Shenandoah seedling. Luscious flavor and thick texture, very low seed weight. Deserves more attention.
Green River Belle: Wild seedling from KY. Good flavor, some frost resistance.
Halvin- From Iowa. Thought to be a good choice for northern growers. Good flavor, early ripening.
Honeydew: From Kentucky. Melon-like flavor. Somewhat ‘freestone’. Walker cultivar.
Horn’s White: From Indiana. White fleshed fruit, high quality with coconut flavor. Slow grower. England introduction.
IXL: Large, high quality fruit ripens very late. (ISL? 1 XL?)
Jerry’s Big Girl: Exceptionally large, high quality, mid-season Lehman variety. Said to produce 1-2 lb fruits.
Kentucky Champion: Large fruit with good flavor. Blooms early causing some pollination issues. From Kentucky. Walker culivar.
Kentucky Legend-Titan: Large, low seed weight fruit with excellent flavor and texture. Mid-season. Walker introduction.
KSU Atwood: From Maryland seed. Large fruit with excellent flavor. Fairly low seed weight, 10.3%. Good phyllosticta resistance. 1st KSU release. Mid-season.
KSU Benson: Large, circular fruit with excellent rich flavor and orange flesh. Low seed weight, (9%), early ripening. Slow grower. 2nd KSU release.
KSU Chappell: Extremely productive and fast grower. Large, 8-16 oz, luscious fruit with very low seed weight 5%. Mid season into late season. Fastest growing pawpaw cultivar. Freestone. 3rd KSU release.
KSU 1-4: 2025 release. Produces large, attractive, luscious fruits with very low seed weight. Mid-season. 4th KSU release.
Lehman’s Delight (275-48): Produces large fruit, some exceptionally large. Excellent flavor. Mid-late season. Lehman cultivar.
Lehman Mammoth: Very large fruits with excellent flavor and texture.
Mammoth X: High quality fruits up to 1 lb or more. Low seed weight. ‘Mammoth X’ is a cross of ‘2-10’ and ‘Summer Delight,’ then it was back crossed to ‘2-10’ again. England cultivar.
Mango: Mediocre fruit quality. Fast growing cultivar. From Georgia.
Maria’s Joy – Orange fleshed, high quality Lehman variety. 8-14 ounces. Mid season.
Marshmallow: Medium sized fruits. Sweet, firm texture. From Kentucky. Walker introduction.
October Moon (275-17): Late ripening, large fruit. Lehman cultivar.
Overleese: Older cultivar from Indiana. Produces large, high quality fruits.
NC-1: Cold hardy variety from Ontario, CAN. Large tasty fruits, mid season. Fairly low seed weight.
Nyomi’s Delicious – From Berea, KY. Early ripening, large high quality fruit with light yellow flesh. England introduction.
Pennsylvania Golden: A series of 4 pawpaws, Pennsylvania Golden #3 recognized as superior. Large, tasty fruits ripen mid season. Good for northern areas.
Potomac: Large, tasty, high quality fruit with 4% seed weight. Some concerns about fruit splitting. Peterson variety.
Prima 1216 : Late ripening cultivar from Italy. Firm, high quality fruit, 5% seed weight. Thick skin.
Rappahanock: Variable quality depending on region planted. Said to do well in VA, MD, NC. 6% seed weight. High quality when growing parameters are met.
Regulus: Heavy-bearing cultivar with medium-large fruit from 8-16 ounces. Low seed count with very good flavor. From Iowa
Rigel: Large fruit, 8-16 ounces with low-seed weight and good flavor. From Iowa.
Shenandoah: Large fruit with excellent quality. 6% seed. High quality Peterson variety.
Sri Gold: From KY. Mid season ripening, productive, large, bright yellow, tropical flavored fruit with low seed weight and thick gummy-bear texture. Cothron cultivar.
Summer Delight: From KY. Flavorful and very early ripening (claims of July ripening). Slow grower.
Sunflower: Older variety from Kansas. High quality, large fruit with medium seed weight. Mid season. Used in KSU breeding. Slightly bitter aftertaste.
Susquehanna: Late ripening, extremely low seed weight, large, very high quality, very firm fruit with thick skin. Rich honeyed flavor. A substantial accomplishment in pawpaw breeding work. Peterson variety.
Quaker Delight- From Ohio. Mid season, medium sized fruit with good flavor.
Ralph’s Whopper: Produces large fruit with excellent flavor and thick texture. From Kentucky. Jeremy Lowe introduction.
Rigel: Large fruit, 8-16 ounces with low-seed weight and good flavor. From Iowa.
Regulus: Large 8-16 oz fruits with good flavor. From Iowa.
Sam Norris #7: Used in Lehman breeding work to increase fruit and flower size. May be tetraploid. Fruit quality is unknown.
Tallahatchie: Medium large fruit with creamy texture and tropical flavor. 5% seed weight. Good for processing. Peterson cultivar.
Tropical Treat: Exceptional tropical flavor. Wild seedling from Kentucky. Early ripening, 6-10 oz fruit. Walker introduction.
VE-21- Average size fruit with good flavor. Lehman cultivar.
Wabash: Some consider this the best overall Peterson selection. Large, thick and luscious fruits. Mild flavor, 6% seed weight. Mid season. Peterson cultivar.
Windstar: Large tasty fruit with low seed weight. From Kentucky. England cultivar.
166-66: Produces large ‘Sunflower’-like soft fruit. From Indiana. Phyllosticta susceptible. Lehman cultivar.
I couldn’t fully agree.
HS Nursery described Cawood many years ago as a wild seedling from Bristol, Tennessee.
As for Horn’s White. I heard from Cliff that he got it from John Brittain. Al Horn had an orchard in 70-80’s but I couldn’t find any info about the source of his germplasm collection or the exact location. It could be some seedling from other, older collections like ‘Overleese’ (from A.W. Osborn?).