"Starter" Pawpaw variety recommendations?

General Fruit Growing
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Oh can you ever!

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I eat them ā€˜rawā€™.
I once made a batch of 'pawpaw honeyā€™s, a cooked jam-like product, that was well-liked, and did not result in any unpleasantness for anyone, but Iā€™ve long-since lost the recipe or forgotten where I found it.

Iā€™m down to just a handful of named-parentage seedlings that had a few cultivars grafted in. They supply more fruit than we will eat and I have no plans to plant or seek out any others, though I did graft a few pieces of ā€˜Sidewinderā€™ into one of the larger trees this spring.

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Thatā€™s the only way I plan to eat em

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Hey Tim, what aspects of Chappellā€™s flavor are better?
How would Caspian compare?

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Havenā€™t tried Caspian. Susquehanna is great in a lot of ways, but I donā€™t enjoy eating them near as much as Chappell.

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Pawpaw 7a varieties?
Pawpaw 7a varieties?
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When the original trees are old enough for grafting,
I suggest adding addition grafts into the trees.
KSU Pomperā€™s Choice, KSU Dunnigan, Rebeccaā€™s Gold, IXL, would be good additions.

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Iā€™m many years from plans to get more. Iā€™ve never even eaten a pawpaw, so Iā€™m sticking to Shenandoah, Tropical Treat, Nyomiā€™s delicious, and KSU Chappel for now

I thought these were brand new cultivars released in 2025. have you ever eaten the fruit? Why do you recommend them to someone new to Pawpaw?

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Thought by now you had tried fruit.
Few have tasted. I know 2 people other than Blake Cothron who have tried them.
They all rave about how richly complex & fruity they are, without being overpowering like Susquehanna. So yes, I recommend them based upon that.

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by now?

Only in year 2 after planting. Did you get fruit on your 2nd year pawpaws?

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I have Chappel and Allegheny until they get large enough to graft into 2-in-1 trees. I am guessing that 4 varieties on 2 trees will produce more than enough fruit for me to share with family and friends.

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Purchased fruit, not from your tree.

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Fruit from named cultivars are pretty hard to come by near me, and Iā€™m not interested in wild stuff.

Only person I know of who produces fruit from named cultivars anywhere near me is author Michael Judd. He has a pawpaw festival around September about an hour away from where I live but Iā€™m always busy that weekend and can never go, so Iā€™ve never tried the fruit.

Are fruit from named cultivars easy to come by where you are?

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This has a list of people who ship named cultivar fruits.

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