Sunday, June 2, 2019

First Fruits of the Susquehanna Pawpaw Tree

Back in May 2016 we planted two new pawpaws: the mango and Susquehanna cultivars. Now, three years later, the mango hasn't had any flower buds, but the Susquehanna had its first buds this spring. And then it set some fruit. As of now, there are are seven pawpaw fruits on this little pawpaw tree. I doubt the tree will be able to sustain all of these, and it's typical that the trees drop the fruit they can't sustain. So it will be interesting to see if this little tree can keep any of the fruit. 


If the Susquehanna can bring just one fruit to fruition, it will have beaten the KSU-Atwood and Shenandoah, which took 4 years to bear fruit. And the Wells took five years. So this would be great. They say the Susquehanna gives some very heavy fruit. Over a pound, which (I hyperbolize) is heavier than the little tree itself!

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