Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
AKA - Custard Apple, Paw-Paw, Machickpi
Lancaster Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2023 A.triloba 2303
This batch was grown from seed from Lancaster PA, from an orchard where cultivar trees Shenandoah, Potomac, Allegheny, Rappahannock, and Susquehanna are all open pollinated with each other.
That means that these trees will have a mix of traits of the above delicious and productive cultivars!
Please keep in mind that open-pollinated tree seeds are all individuals and not “true to seed”. Basically, when you grow from seed from a cultivar, you are picking up where the initial cultivar’s breeding program left off. You may get a fantastic new tree and have a new cultivar of your own on your hands!
Lost Forty Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2022 A.triloba 2202
This batch was grown from seeds of an open pollinated tree farm near Indianapolis.
They usually harvest around 5,000 lbs of Pawpaw each year, selected for their taste and productivity. What’s interesting is that they did not clone any of their trees to make cultivars. Instead, starting with a wild population, they simply kept the best tasting trees, and removed the ones that were not up to their standards. Over time, the orchard filled with delicious selected Pawpaws. This is the best example of what a breeding program can do without the complicated grafting/cloning associated with cultivars.
Their Pawpaws are sold to ice cream companies, breweries, a winery, and several high-end restaurants locally.
Cool side story - they did not have great pollination at first, but the owners have since figured it out - they trained bees to pollinate the flowers by placing honey on the petals!
Additional info below:
Asimina triloba
AKA - Custard Apple, Paw-Paw, Machickpi
Lancaster Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2023 A.triloba 2303
This batch was grown from seed from Lancaster PA, from an orchard where cultivar trees Shenandoah, Potomac, Allegheny, Rappahannock, and Susquehanna are all open pollinated with each other.
That means that these trees will have a mix of traits of the above delicious and productive cultivars!
Please keep in mind that open-pollinated tree seeds are all individuals and not “true to seed”. Basically, when you grow from seed from a cultivar, you are picking up where the initial cultivar’s breeding program left off. You may get a fantastic new tree and have a new cultivar of your own on your hands!
Lost Forty Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2022 A.triloba 2202
This batch was grown from seeds of an open pollinated tree farm near Indianapolis.
They usually harvest around 5,000 lbs of Pawpaw each year, selected for their taste and productivity. What’s interesting is that they did not clone any of their trees to make cultivars. Instead, starting with a wild population, they simply kept the best tasting trees, and removed the ones that were not up to their standards. Over time, the orchard filled with delicious selected Pawpaws. This is the best example of what a breeding program can do without the complicated grafting/cloning associated with cultivars.
Their Pawpaws are sold to ice cream companies, breweries, a winery, and several high-end restaurants locally.
Cool side story - they did not have great pollination at first, but the owners have since figured it out - they trained bees to pollinate the flowers by placing honey on the petals!
Additional info below:
Asimina triloba
AKA - Custard Apple, Paw-Paw, Machickpi
Lancaster Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2023 A.triloba 2303
This batch was grown from seed from Lancaster PA, from an orchard where cultivar trees Shenandoah, Potomac, Allegheny, Rappahannock, and Susquehanna are all open pollinated with each other.
That means that these trees will have a mix of traits of the above delicious and productive cultivars!
Please keep in mind that open-pollinated tree seeds are all individuals and not “true to seed”. Basically, when you grow from seed from a cultivar, you are picking up where the initial cultivar’s breeding program left off. You may get a fantastic new tree and have a new cultivar of your own on your hands!
Lost Forty Select - Horticultural Straight Species
Batch 2022 A.triloba 2202
This batch was grown from seeds of an open pollinated tree farm near Indianapolis.
They usually harvest around 5,000 lbs of Pawpaw each year, selected for their taste and productivity. What’s interesting is that they did not clone any of their trees to make cultivars. Instead, starting with a wild population, they simply kept the best tasting trees, and removed the ones that were not up to their standards. Over time, the orchard filled with delicious selected Pawpaws. This is the best example of what a breeding program can do without the complicated grafting/cloning associated with cultivars.
Their Pawpaws are sold to ice cream companies, breweries, a winery, and several high-end restaurants locally.
Cool side story - they did not have great pollination at first, but the owners have since figured it out - they trained bees to pollinate the flowers by placing honey on the petals!
Additional info below:
Photo Credits
Main Product Pictures
Photo #1 - Photo by deckerme ,https://flic.kr/p/2msdMLw ,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Photo #2 - BONAP Map, https://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Asimina%20triloba.png, http://www.bonap.org/MapKey.html
Photo #3 through # 10 - by The Naked Oak Tree Farm, free for use by anyone for any reason.
