Had to pickup paw2 of the ground from 4 tree’s, all at the same times, 4 different varieties. I sample a few, they tasted the same, very strong flavor, very sweet. Summer drought might have something to do with.
Have to say, they are the best tasting this year.
This is also the first year in the last 15 years or so without a single Asian persimmon fruit. Tree’s are either dead or recovering. Maybe next year back to normal.
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Bob,
They look delish. What are the varieties?
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I have to check mine!
I know two , mango, wabash. These were bought from either Greenworld/ Raintree, around 2010. Some of my trees were grafted using wild tree’s growing around local. Gave some wood to Tony from one particular wild tree that had rather large fruits and very good tasting. I couldn’t give away paw paws, except a couple old timers here. For some reason this year they seem to develop a tropical flavor.
Strange.
I had no problem eating 2 paws,one after the other, no stopping, that’s a first.
Here is something I am doing, all access fruits will be spread out in different areas around close by property, that way when I am gone, people might discover exotic paws and wondering how it grow at that particular place.
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Plenty persimmons here.
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People in Arkansas don’t like paw paws?
Very nice harvest you have and this is the one fruit I never even tasted. 
Not seen in my area grocery stores.I have few rootstock and even grafted on them , these were going good but one cold night in June killed all. Same goes with Persimmons only have one potted persimmons ( Prok ) which has 5-6 fruits holding. Grafted on few persimmons rootstock but cold night took care of all too.
But I am keep trying my next target is to get Pawpaws, Persimmons and Jujube few trees in ground .
We got wild persimmon and paw paw everywhere growing here. None Arkasoniums don’t even know what a paw paw is, except me, I am a Chitown Hustler been everywhere around the world. Lived on the island of Java, town Semarang, Indonesia for some years, Perth, Australia.and more.
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I too live in Arkansas now. Used to eat papaws in Indiana and Kentucky from wild trees. Lived 35 years in Illinois so I got used to living in virtual snake free central Illinois and stay out of the wood in Arkansas for the most part , way too many snakes for me and I prefer to stay out of their areas especially since I don’t recognize cottonmouth by sight and the are plentiful in the delta area where I live
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Tank, not to many members here from Arkansas. Killed a couple rattlers in 22 years. I need more black snakes, to take care of chipmunks/rats. Not to many rats here. Just saw a few little black snakes so the bigger ones are around.
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I have been harvesting as many pawpaws as those shown in the basket every day. I can’t eat them all so I will be giving some away and I will try to turn some into pawpaw jerky. Hope that works. Some off a particular plant are HUGE. Eddie Rhoades in Georgia USA
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@Eddie
Don’t dehydrate them they will give you diarrhea. It’s been mentioned before I think KSU mentioned that as well
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Yeah, what fullplate said!
I can attest to the gastrointestinal disturbance. Think our buddy Betsy H. had a similar encounter a year or two back.
Freeze the pulp if you can’t eat 'em all right away, but don’t try making pawpaw fruit leather.
Heck, along around 2005, I made a batch of pawpaw cookies that I took to work and shared… several folks who ate them experienced vomiting and diarrhea… my boss was off for 3 days… thought he was gonna have to go into the hospital for IV fluids! Coworkers still rag on me about those pawpaw cookies.
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First year for our Sunflower to give fruits! Not sure what to expect, hope they can actually ripen here. Our climate is pretty cool. So far they are much smaller than Bobs and still very green.
Dennis
Kent, wa
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They are still talking to you after that !,
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Eddie, freeze the pulp for smoothies or baking!
Last year I froze whole paw paw till May, still exceptable, eat right away. After it sit for a couple hours, mush, no good. April would be max.
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