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appalachiablue

(42,908 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2022, 01:34 PM Oct 2022

The Pawpaw, Native No America Tree Fruit Comeback: GW Fav, TJ, Lewis & Clark, Ohio Festival (OH)

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The Pawpaw, Native No America Tree Fruit Comeback: GW Fav, TJ, Lewis & Clark, Ohio Festival (OH) (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2022 OP

Just saw what a pawpaw fruit looks like. MLAA Oct 2022 #1

I remember PawPaw trees montanacowboy Oct 2022 #2

Relatives mentioned them, & quite a few trees were around. As a kid I think appalachiablue Oct 2022 #5

We had pawpaw trees in our yard when I was growing up. SamKnause Oct 2022 #3

We had one in our yard growing up. we can do it Oct 2022 #4

We had a paw paw tree in the back yard where I grew up in SW Ohio Philostopher Oct 2022 #6

MLAA

(18,602 posts)

1. Just saw what a pawpaw fruit looks like.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 02:06 PM

Oct 2022

Now I’m puzzled by an old song ‘picking up pawpaws and putting them in your pocket’.
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Edit: Found the lyrics.

Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Where, oh, where is sweet little Nellie?
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch
… Come on, boys and let's go find her
Come on, boys and let's go find her
Come on, boys and let's go find her
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch
… Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Pickin' up paw paws, put 'em in your pocket
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch

montanacowboy

(6,302 posts)

2. I remember PawPaw trees

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 02:08 PM

Oct 2022

when I was a kid growing up in Ohio, they were all over the woods we played in as kids. Good to hear they are making a comeback.

appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)

5. Relatives mentioned them, & quite a few trees were around. As a kid I think

Reply to montanacowboy (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 02:58 PM

Oct 2022

there were still some associations that the fruit was old timey, rural food for poor folks, bah. And there was an unfortunate soul 'tied to a paw-paw tree' in the Hatfields & McCoy feud I think.

These articles have stimulated interest, I'll be looking for paw paws definitely.

SamKnause

(13,804 posts)

3. We had pawpaw trees in our yard when I was growing up.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 02:09 PM

Oct 2022

They have the texture of custard and they taste like over ripe bananas.

Never was a fan.

we can do it

(12,775 posts)

4. We had one in our yard growing up.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 02:51 PM

Oct 2022

What a mess.

Philostopher

(4,465 posts)

6. We had a paw paw tree in the back yard where I grew up in SW Ohio

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sat Oct 15, 2022, 08:45 PM

Oct 2022

There must have been another one nearby, because it bore fruit almost every year. The fruit is weird - fragile, tastes a little like a cross between a mango and a banana. The tree is pretty - has a bark the color of an elephant's skin, and big, teardrop-shaped leaves. Our neighbors have one, but it must be the only one for miles - I've never seen it bloom or bear fruit, and we've lived in this house for over 20 years.

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