For the last several years, our yard-based pawpaw orchard has been made up of five cultivars: a Wells, a Shenandoah, a KSU Atwood, and a Susquehanna. The oldest of these, the Wells, was planted in spring of 2011, so ten years old this May. We've gotten fruit from the Wells for the past six seasons, and all the others have chimed in bounteously, except for the Mango, which along with the Susquehanna is the youngest.
This spring of 2021, on March 5, we had five more pawpaw trees arrive: the Potomac, two Maria's Joy, a KSU Chappell, and a KSU Benson. Below, I'm including some pics of the yard, labeled to show the new pawpaws among the old pawpaws. All of them are from One Green World in Oregon, which is where we've always bought pawpaws from.
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| The Potomac, which is one of the Peterson pawpaws, was planted from a 5.5 inch banded pot. |
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| The Maria's Joy was planted from a 5.5 inch banded pot. |
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| KSU Chappell: 1 gallon pot Maria's Joy: 5.5 inch banded pot KSU Benson: 1 gallon pot |
We've always planted pawpaws in May, and they've all grown well except one (which is no longer with us). This year, One Green World sent them at the very beginning of March. So...finger crossed!
